Structure of a Plasmodium falciparum PfEMP1 rosetting domain reveals a role for the N-terminal segment in heparin-mediated rosette inhibition

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 5243-5248

  Juillerat, Alexandre ^a,b   Lewit Bentley, Anita ^a,b   Guillotte, Micheline ^a,b   Gangnard, Stéphane ^a,b   Hessel, Audrey ^a,b   Baron, Bruno ^a,b   Vigan Womas, Inès ^a,b   England, Patrick ^a,b   Mercereau Puijalon, Odile ^a,b   Bentley, Graham A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; HEPARIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ROSETTE FORMATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 79955106532     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1018692108     Document Type: Article

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