Molecular cloning and characterization of a cytosolic heat shock protein 70 from Naegleria fowleri

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1083-1089

  Song, Kyoung Ju ^a   Song, Kyung Hui ^a   Na, Byoung Kuk ^b   Kim, Jong Hyun ^a   Kwon, Daeho ^a   Park, Sun ^a   Pak, Jhang Ho ^c   Im, Kyung Il ^d   Shin, Ho Joon ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CYTOSOL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOSOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE;

MAMMALIA; MUS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

EID: 33847686304     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0404-8     Document Type: Article

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