Structural analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) intracellular domain reveals a conserved interaction epitope

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 7182-7189

  Mayer, Christina ^a   Slater, Leanne ^a   Erat, Michele C ^a   Konrat, Robert ^b   Vakonakis, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVED PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FLEXIBLE ELEMENTS; FLEXIBLE SEGMENTS; FOLDED CORES; INTRACELLULAR DOMAIN; MICRO-VASCULATURE; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; MOLECULAR FUNCTION; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; PARASITE-; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RED BLOOD CELL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIGENS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENZYME ACTIVITY;

PROTEINS;

CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; EPITOPE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; KNOB ASSOCIATED HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN; PLASMODIUM HELICAL INTERSPERSED SUBTELOMERIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE ADHESIVENESS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; YEAST CELL;

EPITOPES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PEPTIDES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84857711352     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.330779     Document Type: Article

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