Pfnek3: An atypical activator of a MAP kinase in Plasmodium falciparum

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 6083-6092

  Lye, Yu Min ^a   Chan, Maurice ^a   Sim, Tiow Suan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Erythrocytic stage; Malaria; Plasmodium; Protein kinase

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVATOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PROTEIN PFNEK3; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ASPERGILLUS; MAMMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33750533017     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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