Vital functions of the malarial ookinete protein, CTRP, reside in the A domains

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1029-1039

  Ramakrishnan, Chandra ^a   Dessens, Johannes T ^b   Armson, Rebecca ^a   Pinto, Sofia B ^c   Talman, Arthur M ^a   Blagborough, Andrew M ^a   Sinden, Robert E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles; CTRP; Invasion; Motility; Plasmodium berghei; Transmission

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMSPOROZOITE AND THROMBOSPONDIN RELATED ADHESIVE PROTEIN; MALARIAL OOKINETE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN; THROMBOSPONDIN RELATED ADHESIVE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALARIA; MOTILITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; LOCOMOTION; MICE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 79961169243     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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