The primase domain of PfPrex is a proteolytically matured, essential enzyme of the apicoplast

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 69-75

  Lindner, Scott E ^a,c   Llinás, Manuel ^b   Keck, James L ^a   Kappe, Stefan H I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicoplast; DNA replication; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Primase; Proteolytic processing

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; PRIMER RNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; ZINC BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TEMPLATE; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICE; ORGANELLES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOLYSIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; ZINC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

EID: 80054700244     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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