Effect of protease inhibitors on exflagellation in Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 208-212

  Rupp, Ingrid ^a   Bosse, Rebecca ^a   Schirmeister, Tanja ^a   Pradel, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gametocytes; Gametogenesis; Malaria; Metalloprotease; Microgamete; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; TOSYLLYSYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE; TOSYLPHENYLALANYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FLAGELLUM; GAMETOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; FLAGELLA; METALLOPROTEASES; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; REPRODUCTION; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; TOSYLLYSINE CHLOROMETHYL KETONE; TOSYLPHENYLALANYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 39049101348     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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