Functional characterization of both MAP kinases of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum by reverse genetics

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1170-1180

  Dorin Semblat, Dominique ^a   Quashie, Neils ^b   Halbert, Jean ^a   Sicard, Audrey ^a   Doerig, Caroline ^a   Peat, Elizabeth ^b   Ranford Cartwright, Lisa ^b   Doerig, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PFMAP 1 ENZYME; PFMAP 2 ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MAP 2 GENE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZONT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 34547898787     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05859.x     Document Type: Article

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