Identification of Plasmodium falciparum RhopH3 protein peptides that specifically bind to erythrocytes and inhibit merozoite invasion

Protein Science

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1719-1730

  Pinzón, Carlos Giovanni ^a   Curtidor, Hernando ^a,b   Reyes, Claudia ^a   Méndez, David ^a   Patarroyo, Manuel Elkin ^a,c,d  

^a FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO DE INMUNOLOGÍA DE COLOMBIA FIDIC   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^d NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

High activity binding peptides; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; RhopH3 protein

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN RHOPH3; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING ASSAY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL INVASION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MALARIA VACCINES; MEROZOITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPSIN;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 52949123658     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.035923.108     Document Type: Article

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