Bipolar, Dual Plasmodium falciparum Helicase 45 Expressed in the Intraerythrocytic Developmental Cycle Is Required for Parasite Growth

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 373, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 268-281

  Pradhan, Arun ^a   Tuteja, Renu ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

ATPase; initiation factor 4A; malaria; translation; unwinding enzyme

Indexed keywords

DEAD BOX PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HELICASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INITIATION FACTOR 4A; MOLECULAR MOTOR; RNA HELICASE;

ARTICLE; DNA DENATURATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SILVER STAINING; TROPHOZOITE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 34548821246     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.07.056     Document Type: Article

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