Characterization of coproporphyrinogen III oxidase in Plasmodium falciparum cytosol

Parasitology International

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-127

  Nagaraj, Viswanathan Arun ^a   Prasad, Dasari ^a   Arumugam, Rajavel ^a   Rangarajan, Pundi N ^a   Padmanaban, Govindarajan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Coproporphyrinogen III oxidase; Heme; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COPROPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COPROPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE; CYTOSOL; ERYTHROCYTES; HEME; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 77951623241     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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