Heterologous expression of proteins from Plasmodium falciparum: Results from 1000 genes

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-160

  Mehlin, Christopher ^a   Boni, Erica ^a   Buckner, Frederick S ^a   Engel, Linnea ^a   Feist, Tiffany ^a   Gelb, Michael H ^a,b   Haji, Lutfiyah ^a   Kim, David ^a,b   Liu, Colleen ^a   Mueller, Natascha ^a   Myler, Peter J ^a,c   Reddy, J T ^a,b   Sampson, Joshua N ^a   Subramanian, E ^b   Van Voorhis, Wesley C ^a   Worthey, Elizabeth ^a,c   Zucker, Frank ^a,b   Hol, Wim G J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloning; E. coli; Insect cells; Ligase independent; Plasmodium falciparum; Protein expression; Structural genomics

Indexed keywords

6 PYRUVOYLTETRAHYDROPTERIN SYNTHASE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; ADENYLOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CHOLINE KINASE; CYCLOPHILIN; DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HELICASE; INITIATION FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR 5A; LACTOYLGLUTATHIONE LYASE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE KINASE; OROTIDINE 5' PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; PEPTIDASE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; THIOREDOXIN; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME; URIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33745666810     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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