Nuclear gyrB encodes a functional subunit of the Plasmodium falciparum gyrase that is involved in apicoplast DNA replication

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-39

  Raghu Ram, E V S ^a   Kumar, Ambrish ^a   Biswas, Subir ^a   Kumar, Ashutosh ^a   Chaubey, Sushma ^a   Siddiqi, Mohammad Imran ^a   Habib, Saman ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Apicoplast; Gyrase; Novobiocin; Plasmodium falciparum; Replication

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DNA; ENZYME; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR BOUND PROTEIN 2; GYRASE A; GYRASE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DNA GYRASE; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOVOBIOCIN; ORGANELLES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 34249986680     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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