Solution structure of PcFK1, a spider peptide active against Plasmodium falciparum

Protein Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 628-634

  Pimentel, Cyril ^a   Choi, Soo Jin ^b   Chagot, Benjamin ^a   Guette, Catherine ^c   Camadro, Jean Michel ^b   Darbon, Hervé ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Malaria; NMR; PcFK1; Plasmodium; Psalmopoeus cambridgei; Spider toxin; Structure determination

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PEPTIDE; PSALMOPEOTOXIN 1; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARANEAE; MAMMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PSALMOPOEUS CAMBRIDGEI; TARANTULA;

EID: 33644500466     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.051860606     Document Type: Article

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