Overexpression, purification and localization of apoptosis related protein from Plasmodium falciparum

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 363-372

  Guha, Mithu ^a   Choubey, Vinay ^a   Maity, Pallab ^a   Kumar, Sanjay ^a   Shrivastava, Kumkum ^a   Puri, Sunil K ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Uday ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cloning; Plasmodium falciparum; Protein characterization; Putative protein

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PFARP PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

METAZOA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33846435296     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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