Two Plasmodium falciparum ribonucleotide reductase small subunits, PfR2 and PfR4, interact with each other and are components of the in vivo enzyme complex

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 347, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 749-758

  Bracchi Ricard, Valerie ^a   Moe, David ^a   Chakrabarti, Debopam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deoxyribonucletide; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Ribonucleotide reductase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; POLYPEPTIDE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE 2; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EXPERIMENT; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PFR4 GENE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 14844356880     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.01.051     Document Type: Article

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