FRET peptides reveal differential proteolytic activation in intraerythrocytic stages of the malaria parasites Plasmodium berghei and Plasmodium yoelii

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 363-372

  Da Cruz, Laura Nogueira ^a   Alves, Eduardo ^a   Leal, Mônica Teixeira ^a   Juliano, Maria A ^b   Rosenthal, Philip J ^c   Juliano, Luiz ^b   Garcia, Celia R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ modulation; FRET; Malaria; Plasmodium berghei; Plasmodium yoelii; Protease activity

Indexed keywords

BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; CALCIUM ION; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; MONENSIN; NIGERICIN; PEPSTATIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEINASE; THAPSIGARGIN;

ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; MALARIA; PARASITE; PEPTIDE; PROTIST;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ERYTHROCYTES; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MONENSIN; NIGERICIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PEPTIDES; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM YOELII; THAPSIGARGIN;

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PROTISTA; RODENTIA;

EID: 79951812239     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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