Expression and characterisation of plasmepsin I from Plasmodium falciparum

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 552-560

  Moon, Richard P ^a   Tyas, Lorraine ^b   Certa, Ulrich ^a   Rupp, Katharina ^a   Bur, Daniel ^a   Jacquet, Catherine ^a   Matile, Hugues ^a   Loetscher, Hansruedi ^a   Grueninger Leitch, Fiona ^a   Kay, John ^b   Dunn, Ben M ^c   Berry, Colin ^b   Ridley, Robert G ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartic protease; Malaria; Plasmepsin I; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FELIS CATUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 8044224013     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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