Interaction between sulphur mobilisation proteins SufB and SufC: Evidence for an iron-sulphur cluster biogenesis pathway in the apicoplast of Plasmodium falciparum

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 991-999

  Kumar, Bijay ^a   Chaubey, Sushma ^a   Shah, Priyanka ^a   Tanveer, Aiman ^a   Charan, Manish ^a   Siddiqi, Mohammad Imran ^a   Habib, Saman ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Fe S cluster; Apicoplast; Plasmodium falciparum; Suf pathway; SufB; SufC

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; FERREDOXIN; IRON; PROTEIN SUFB; PROTEIN SUFC; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; GENOME; IRON; MOBILIZATION; PARASITE; PLASTID; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; SULFUR;

APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOME; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASTID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SULFUR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 79960563806     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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