Confocal microscopic findings of cysteine protease calpain in Plasmodium falciparum

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-345

  Choi, Yun Young ^a   Jung, Suk Yul ^b   Cho, Pyo Yun ^a   Soh, Byoung Yul ^a   Zheng, Bing ^a   Kim, Sung Yeon ^c   Park, Kie In ^d   Park, Hyun ^a  

^a Wonkwang University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Namseoul University   (South Korea)

^c Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^d Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Cysteine protease; Erythrocytic cycle; Pf calpain; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CALPAIN 10; CALPAIN 7; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHIZONT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALPAIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RATTUS;

EID: 75949126364     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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