An additional primary proteolytic processing site in merozoite surface protein-1 of Plasmodium berghei
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An additional primary proteolytic processing site merozoite surface protein-1 of Plasmodium berghei.
The merozoite surface protein-1 (MSP-1) is a relatively abundant protein which has been found in all Plasmodium species examined [1,2]. MSP-1 is synthesized as a high molecular mass ( 200 kDa) precursor protein which is proteolytically processed into smaller fragments. Proteolytic processing of MSP-1 is a two-step procedure characterized by primary and secondary processing events [3]. Primary p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0166-6851
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-6851(96)02811-3