PfAlbas constitute a new eukaryotic DNA/RNA-binding protein family in malaria parasites

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3066-3077

  Chêne, Arnaud ^a,b   Vembar, Shruthi S ^a,b   Rivière, Loïc ^a,b   Lopez Rubio, José Juan ^a,b   Claes, Aurelie ^a,b   Siegel, T Nicolai ^a,b   Sakamoto, Hiroshi ^a,b   Scheidig Benatar, Christine ^a,b   Hernandez Rivas, Rosaura ^c   Scherf, Artur ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION LOWERS BINDING AFFINITY PROTEIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 2; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CYTOPLASM; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TELOMERE;

EID: 84860168123     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr1215     Document Type: Article

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