Rhoptry neck protein RON2 forms a complex with microneme protein AMA1 in Plasmodium falciparum merozoites

Parasitology International

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-35

  Cao, Jun ^a,b   Kaneko, Osamu ^a,c   Thongkukiatkul, Amporn ^d   Tachibana, Mayumi ^a   Otsuki, Hitoshi ^a   Gao, Qi ^b   Tsuboi, Takafumi ^e   Torii, Motomi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AMA1; Erythrocyte invasion; Merozoite; Plasmodium falciparum; Rhoptry

Indexed keywords

APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN 1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RHOPTRY NECK PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; COMPLEX FORMATION; ERYTHROCYTE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEROZOITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 59249104006     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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