Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocytic Stage Parasites Require the Putative Autophagy Protein PfAtg7 for Normal Growth

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Walker, Dawn M ^a   Mahfooz, Najmus ^a   Kemme, Katherine A ^a   Patel, Viral C ^a   Spangler, Maribeth ^a   Drew, Mark E ^a,b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; PROTEIN PFATG7; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PFATG7 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOPHAGY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84879390552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067047     Document Type: Article

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