Plasmodium falciparum mitochondria import tRNAs along with an active phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 465, Issue , 2015, Pages 459-469

  Sharma, Arvind ^a   Sharma, Amit ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase; Mitochondrial import; Plasmodium falciparum; tRNA

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINOACYLATION; APICOMPLEXA; APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG TARGETING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENYLALANINE-TRNA LIGASE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 84921714763     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20140998     Document Type: Article

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