Members of the low-molecular-mass rhoptry protein complex of Plasmodium falciparum bind to the surface of normal erythrocytes

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 617-621

  Sterkers, Y ^a   Scheidig, C ^a   Da Rocha, M ^a   Lepolard, C ^b   Gysin, J ^b   Scherf, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RHOPTRY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; RHOPTRY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE DISRUPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IODINATION; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 34547635662     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519685     Document Type: Article

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