Hierarchical phosphorylation of apical membrane antigen 1 is required for efficient red blood cell invasion by malaria parasites

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Prinz, Boris ^a,b   Harvey, Katherine L ^b,c   Wilcke, Louisa ^a,d   Ruch, Ulrike ^a   Engelberg, Klemens ^a   Biller, Laura ^a   Lucet, Isabelle ^e   Erkelenz, Steffen ^a   Heincke, Dorothee ^a   Spielmann, Tobias ^a   Doerig, Christian ^f   Kunick, Conrad ^g   Crabb, Brendan S ^b,c,f   Gilson, Paul R ^b,f   Gilberger, Tim W ^a,d,h  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^h Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB HZI)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN I, PLASMODIUM; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ERYTHROCYTE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SECOND MESSENGER;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN DOMAINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84989916133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep34479     Document Type: Article

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