Functional diversification between two related Plasmodium falciparum merozoite invasion ligands is determined by changes in the cytoplasmic domain

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 990-1006

  Dvorin, Jeffrey D ^a,b   Bei, Amy K ^a   Coleman, Bradley I ^a   Duraisingh, Manoj T ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; LIGAND; PFRH PROTEIN; PFRH2A PROTEIN; PFRH2B PROTEIN; PROTEIN RET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL INVASION; CYTOPLASM; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE MAPPING; GENOMICS; HOST; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETICULOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; LIGANDS; MALARIA; MEROZOITES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 76449122381     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.07040.x     Document Type: Article

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