Plasmodium CDP-DAG synthase: An atypical gene with an essential N-terminal extension

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1257-1268

  Shastri, Shilpa ^a   Zeeman, Anne Marie ^b   Berry, Laurence ^a   Verburgh, R Joyce ^b   Braun Breton, Catherine ^a   Thomas, Alan W ^b   Gannoun Zaki, Laila ^a   Kocken, Clemens H M ^b   Vial, Henri J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CDP DAG synthase; Malaria; Phospholipid; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium knowlesi

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE DIACYLGLYCEROL SYNTHASE; CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHOLINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE DIGLYCERIDE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ENZYME; GENE; MALARIA; MEMBRANE; PARASITE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN; PROTIST;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSLATION INITIATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALARIA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE DIGLYCERIDES; DIACYLGLYCEROL CHOLINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI;

EID: 77954759579     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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