Sexual stage-specific expression of a third calcium-dependent protein kinase from Plasmodium falciparum
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Sexual stage-speci¢c expression of a third calcium-dependent protein kinase from Plasmodium falciparum1
A third calcium-dependent protein kinase (CDPK) gene has been isolated from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum by vectorette technology. The gene consists of five exons and four introns. The open reading frame resulting from removal of the four introns encodes a protein of 562 amino acid residues with a predicted molecular mass of 65.3 kDa. The encoded protein, termed PfCDPK3, con...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0167-4781
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(00)00032-4