Localization of ferrochelatase in Plasmodium falciparum

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 384, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 429-436

  Varadharajan, Sundaramurthy ^a   Sagar, B K Chandrashekar ^b   Rangarajan, Pundi N ^a   Padmanaban, Govindarajan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Apicoplast; Ferrochelatase; Haem synthesis; Localization; Mitochondrion; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME KINETICS; GENES;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOLS; MALARIAL PARASITES;

MICROORGANISMS;

ANTIBODY; FERROCHELATASE; HEME; ISOENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ERYTHROCYTE; HEME SYNTHESIS; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTES; FERROCHELATASE; HEME; HUMANS; ORGANELLES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 10644227681     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20040952     Document Type: Article

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