Biochemical and biophysical characterisation of DBL1α1-varO, the rosetting domain of PfEMP1 from the VarO line of Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 84-92

  Juillerat, Alexandre ^a   Igonet, Sébastien ^a   Vigan Womas, Inès ^a   Guillotte, Micheline ^a   Gangnard, Stéphane ^a   Faure, Grazyna ^a   Baron, Bruno ^a   Raynal, Bertrand ^a   Mercereau Puijalon, Odile ^a   Bentley, Graham A ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Oligosaccharide binding; PfEMP1; Plasmodium falciparum; Recombinant domains; Rosetting

Indexed keywords

DUFFY BINDING LIKE DOMAIN ALPHA PROTEIN; DUFFY BINDING PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; HEPARIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PICHIA PASTORIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; ROSETTE FORMATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BACULOVIRIDAE; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; ERYTHROCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INSECTS; MICE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; ROSETTE FORMATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

PICHIA PASTORIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 74849134917     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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