Conformational and functional analysis of the lipid binding protein Ag-NPA-1 from the parasitic nematode Ascaridia galli

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 180-189

  Jordanova, Rositsa ^a   Radoslavov, Georgi ^a   Fischer, Peter ^b   Liebau, Eva ^b   Walter, Rolf D ^b   Bankov, Ilia ^a   Boteva, Raina ^c  

^a Institute of Experimental Pathology and Parasitology   (Bulgaria)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c National Center of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

FRET; Immunohistology; NPA; Trp and IAEDANS fluorescence

Indexed keywords

11 [(5 DIMETHYLAMINONAPHTHALENE 1 SULFONYL)AMINO]UNDECANOIC ACID; 5 [[[(2 IODOACETYL)AMINO]ETHYL]AMINO]NAPHTHALENE 1 SULFONIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINE; CYSTEINE; ETHYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; IODINE DERIVATIVE; LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; N,N' DIMETHYL N (IODOACETYL) N' (7 NITROBENZ 2 OXA 1,3 DIAZOL 4 YL)ETHYLENEDIAMINE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; POLYPROTEIN; PROTEIN AG NPA 1; RETINOID DERIVATIVE; RETINOL; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECANOIC ACID;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; ASCARIDIA; ASCARIDIA GALLI; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHROMATOPHORE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIPOLE; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LIGAND BINDING; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIA; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HELMINTH PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

ASCARIDIA; ASCARIDIA GALLI; GALLI; NEMATODA;

EID: 11444269798     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04398.x     Document Type: Article

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