Structure-function analysis of the anopheles gambiae LRIM1/APL1C complex and its interaction with complement C3-like protein TEP1

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Povelones, Michael ^a   Upton, Leanna M ^a   Sala, Katarzyna A ^a   Christophides, George K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COILED COIL DOMAIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN TEP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECT PROTEIN; LRIM1 PROTEIN, ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; TEP1 PROTEIN, ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; APL1C GENE; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CELL CULTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; LRIM1 GENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; MALARIA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, TRANSFER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; HEMOLYMPH; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALARIA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; PLASMODIUM PARASITES;

EID: 79955766238     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002023     Document Type: Article

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