Molecular architecture of leishmania EF-1α reveals a novel site that may modulate protein translation: A possible target for drug development

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 356, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 886-892

  Lopez, Martin ^a,b   Cherkasov, Artem ^a,b   Nandan, Devki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug development; Elongation factor 1 ; Leishmania; SHP 1 activator; Translation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ELONGATION FACTOR 1 ALPHA ANTIBODY; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG DESIGN; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EUKARYOTA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34047194812     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.03.077     Document Type: Article

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