Well-defined regions of the Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte binding protein homologue 4 mediate interaction with red blood cell membrane

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 811-821

  García, Jeison ^a,b   Curtidor, Hernando ^a,b   Pinzón, Carlos G ^a,b   Patarroyo, Manuel A ^a,b   Vanegas, Magnolia ^a,b   Forero, Martha ^a,b   Patarroyo, Manuel E ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; RETICULOCYTE BINDING PROTEIN HOMOLOG 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALARIA; MEMBRANE BINDING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS;

EID: 77249163223     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: 15204804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm901540n     Document Type: Article

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