Structures of Leishmania major orthologues of macrophage migration inhibitory factor

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 380, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 442-448

  Richardson, Julia M ^a   Morrison, Lesley S ^b   Bland, Nicholas D ^b   Bruce, Sandra ^a   Coombs, Graham H ^b   Mottram, Jeremy C ^b   Walkinshaw, Malcolm D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Leishmania major; MIF; Tautomerase

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR1; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION-INHIBITORY FACTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 60549092659     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.01.030     Document Type: Article

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