A Maurer's cleft-associated Plasmodium falciparum membrane-associated histidine-rich protein peptide specifically interacts with the erythrocyte membrane

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 380, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-126

  García, Jeison ^a   Curtidor, Hernando ^a,b   Gil, Olga L ^a   Vanegas, Magnolia ^a,b   Patarroyo, Manuel E ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Antimalarial candidate; High activity binding peptide; MAHRP 1; Malaria; Maurer's clefts; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN HABP; PROTEIN MAHRP 1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 59849116166     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.01.050     Document Type: Article

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