PK4, a eukaryotic initiation factor 2α(eIF2α) kinase, is essential for the development of the erythrocytic cycle of Plasmodium

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3956-3961

  Zhang, Min ^a   Mishra, Satish ^a   Sakthivel, Ramanavelan ^b   Rojas, Margarito ^c   Ranjan, Ravikant ^a   Sullivan, William J ^d   Fontoura, Beatriz M A ^b   Ménard, Robert ^e   Dever, Thomas E ^c   Nussenzweig, Victor ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR 2ALPHA; PK4 PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE R; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MEROZOITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SCHIZONT;

ANOPHELES (GENUS); EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PROTOZOA;

EID: 84863230381     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1121567109     Document Type: Article

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