Bioinformatics analysis and prediction for structure and function of nitric oxide synthase and similar proteins from Plasmodium berghei

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Fan, Zhigang ^a   Lv, Gang ^a   Zhang, Lingmin ^b   Gan, Xiufeng ^a   Wu, Qiang ^a   Zhong, Saifeng ^a   Yan, Guogang ^a   Lin, Guifen ^a  

^a HAINAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drug target; NADPH cytochrome p450 reductase; Nitric oxide synthase; Plasmodium berghei

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NADPH-FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 78651422449     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60021-7     Document Type: Article

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