Overlooked post-translational modifications of proteins in Plasmodium falciparum: N- and O-glycosylation - A review

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 949-956

  de Macedo, Cristiana S ^a   Schwarz, Ralph T ^b,c   Todeschini, Adriane R ^a   Previato, Jose O ^a   Mendonça Previato, Lucia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Glycoproteins; Glycosylation; N glycan; O glycan; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 78650842978     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762010000800001     Document Type: Review

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