Dominant negative mutant of PlasmodiumRad51 causes reduced parasite burden in host by abrogating DNA double-strand break repair

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 353-366

  Roy, Nabamita ^a   Bhattacharyya, Sunanda ^a   Chakrabarty, Swati ^a   Laskar, Shyamasree ^a   Babu, Somepalli Mastan ^a   Bhattacharyya, Mrinal Kanti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RAD51 PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT GENE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINATION REPAIR; YEAST; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DNA REPAIR; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MALARIA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SURVIVAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALARIA; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; PARASITE LOAD; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84916879839     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12762     Document Type: Article

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