The MB2 gene family of Plasmodium species has a unique combination of SI and GTP-binding domains

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Romero, Lisa C ^a   Nguyen, Thanh V ^b   Deville, Benoit ^c   Ogunjumo, Oluwasanmi ^a   James, Anthony A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM GENES; PROTEOLYTIC PROCESSING; PUTATIVE SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SEQUENCE COMPARISONS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATIONS;

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYME ACTIVITY;

GENES;

AMINO ACID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN MB2; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MB2 PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PEPTIDE; PROTOZOAL DNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; DRUG TARGETING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMODIUM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDES; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID;

EID: 13244292285     PISSN: 14712105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-5-83     Document Type: Article

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