Characterization of two malaria parasite organelle translation elongation factor G proteins: The likely targets of the anti-malarial fusidic acid

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Johnson, Russell A ^a   McFadden, Geoffrey I ^a   Goodman, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR G; FUSIDIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANTIMALARIAL DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SCREENING; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FUSIDIC ACID; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALARIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; PARASITES; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 79958729426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020633     Document Type: Article

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