Pfnek3 functions as an atypical MAPKK in Plasmodium falciparum

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 361, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 439-444

  Low, Huiyu ^a   Lye, Yu Min ^a   Sim, Tiow Suan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Malaria; MAP kinases; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 14; PROTEIN KINASE; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RATS; THREONINE;

ASPERGILLUS; EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 34547541560     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.07.047     Document Type: Article

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