Interaction of apicoplast-encoded elongation factor (EF) EF-Tu with nuclear-encoded EF-Ts mediates translation in the Plasmodium falciparum plastid

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 417-427

  Biswas, Subir ^a   Lim, Erin E ^b   Gupta, Ankit ^a   Saqib, Uzma ^a   Mir, Snober S ^a   Siddiqi, Mohammad Imran ^a   Ralph, Stuart A ^b   Habib, Saman ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apicoplast; EF Ts; EF Tu; Kirromycin; Plasmodium falciparum; Translation

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR TS; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MOCIMYCIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INHIBITOR; MALARIA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN;

APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASTID; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL NUCLEUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PYRIDONES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 79951812490     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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