Characterization of kinetics of DNA strand-exchange and ATP hydrolysis activities of recombinant PfRad51, a Plasmodium falciparum recombinase

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-39

  Bhattacharyya, Mrinal Kanti ^a   Bhattacharyya Nee Deb, Sunanda ^b   Jayabalasingham, Bamini ^a   Kumar, Nirbhay ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ATPase assay; Homologous recombination; Malaria; RecA; Three strand exchange assay

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM RAD51 PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS KINETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTOZOON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 11144321643     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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