The Suf Iron-Sulfur Cluster Synthesis Pathway Is Required for Apicoplast Maintenance in Malaria Parasites

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Gisselberg, Jolyn E ^a   Dellibovi Ragheb, Teegan A ^a   Matthews, Krista A ^a   Bosch, Gundula ^a   Prigge, Sean T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; FOSMIDOMYCIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; ISD 11 PROTEIN; ISOPRENOID; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; SUFE PROTEIN; SUFS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ISD11 PATHWAY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUFE PATHWAY; SUFS PATHWAY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APICOPLASTS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; HUMANS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TERPENES;

EID: 84884678911     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003655     Document Type: Article

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