Analysis of the conformation and function of the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite proteins MTRAP and PTRAMP

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 615-625

  Uchime, Onyinyechukwu ^a   Herrera, Raul ^a   Reiter, Karine ^a   Kotova, Svetlana ^b   Shimp, Richard L ^a   Miura, Kazutoyo ^c   Jones, Dominique ^a   Lebowitz, Jacob ^b   Ambroggio, Xavier ^a   Hurt, Darrell E ^a   Jin, Albert J ^b   Long, Carole ^c   Miller, Louis H ^c   Narum, David L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84860346585     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00039-12     Document Type: Article

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