Sequence homology and structural analysis of plasmepsin 4 isolated from Indian Plasmodium vivax isolates

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 924-933

  Rawat, Manmeet ^a   Vijay, Sonam ^a   Gupta, Yash ^b   Dixit, Rajnikant ^a   Tiwari, P K ^c   Sharma, Arun ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^c JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aspartic proteases; Genetic diversity; India; Malaria; Molecular modeling; Plasmepsins; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CATHEPSIN D; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PLASMEPSIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MODIFICATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMEPSIN 4 GENE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID ENDOPEPTIDASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA, VIVAX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 79956300603     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.02.024     Document Type: Article

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