Plasmodium serine hydroxymethyltransferase: Indispensability and display of distinct localization

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pornthanakasem, Wichai ^a   Kongkasuriyachai, Darin ^a   Uthaipibull, Chairat ^a   Yuthavong, Yongyuth ^a   Leartsakulpanich, Ubolsree ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Localization; Plasmodium; Serine hydroxymethyltransferase

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOLIC SERINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE GENE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; MITOCHONDRIA SERINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE GENE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYMOLOGY; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING;

CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE TARGETING; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYMES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MITOCHONDRIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84869886096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-387     Document Type: Article

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