Initial Characterization of the Pf-Int Recombinase from the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Ghorbal, Mehdi ^a   Scheidig Benatar, Christine ^a   Bouizem, Salma ^a   Thomas, Christophe ^a   Paisley, Genevieve ^a   Faltermeier, Claire ^a   Liu, Melanie ^a   Scherf, Artur ^a   Lopez Rubio, Jose Juan ^a   Gopaul, Deshmukh N ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINASE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHIZONT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECOMBINASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84867285974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046507     Document Type: Article

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