Enzymatic Characterization of Recombinant Food Vacuole Plasmepsin 4 from the Rodent Malaria Parasite Plasmodium berghei

Peng Liu; Arthur H. Robbins; Melissa R. Marzahn; Scott H. McClung; Charles A. Yowell; Stanley M. Stevens Jr.; John B. Dame; Ben M. Dunn

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141758

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Enzymatic Characterization of Recombinant Food Vacuole Plasmepsin 4 from the Rodent Malaria Parasite Plasmodium berghei

Peng Liu ,

* E-mail: liuxx726@umn.edu (PL); bdunn@ufl.edu (BMD)

Current address: Department of Neurology and N. Bud Grossman Center for Memory Research and Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Arthur H. Robbins,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Melissa R. Marzahn,

Current address: Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Scott H. McClung,

Affiliation Protein Core, Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Charles A. Yowell,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Stanley M. Stevens Jr.,

Current address: Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation Protein Core, Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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John B. Dame,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Ben M. Dunn

* E-mail: liuxx726@umn.edu (PL); bdunn@ufl.edu (BMD)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Enzymatic Characterization of Recombinant Food Vacuole Plasmepsin 4 from the Rodent Malaria Parasite Plasmodium berghei

Peng Liu,
Arthur H. Robbins,
Melissa R. Marzahn,
Scott H. McClung,
Charles A. Yowell,
Stanley M. Stevens Jr.,
John B. Dame,
Ben M. Dunn

Published: October 28, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141758

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