Sentences with phrase «erythrocyte protein»

Iron — This nutrient is an essential component of hemoglobin, an erythrocyte protein that transfers oxygen from the lungs to the tissues.

The sequence similarity between MAD - 3 and pp40 includes a casein kinase II and consensus tyrosine phosphorylation site, as well as five repeats of a sequence found in the human erythrocyte protein ankyrin.

Not exact matches

The proteins in them are characteristic of fetal and embryonic cells rather than of mature erythrocytes, and the authors take care to call them «erythroid cells» rather than true erythrocytes.

Structure of malaria invasion protein RH5 with erythrocyte basigin and blocking antibodies.

Host erythrocyte environment influences the localization of exported protein 2, an essential component of the Plasmodium translocon.

So say researchers in Lisbon, Portugal, who have used the technique to show that the interactions between a protein known as fibrinogen and erythrocytes (red blood cells) are modified in people with chronic heart failure.

4.1 R is critical for the organisation and maintenance of the spectrin - sctin cytoskeleton in erythrocytes, via intereactions with intregral membrane proteins.

Protein 4.1 R is a cytoskeletal protein first identified in erythrocytes and the neuronal homologues, 4.1 N and 4.1 G have been shown to interact with the GluA1 subunit (Shen et alProtein 4.1 R is a cytoskeletal protein first identified in erythrocytes and the neuronal homologues, 4.1 N and 4.1 G have been shown to interact with the GluA1 subunit (Shen et alprotein first identified in erythrocytes and the neuronal homologues, 4.1 N and 4.1 G have been shown to interact with the GluA1 subunit (Shen et al 2000).

These proteins are called P. falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein - 1s (PfEMP1s for short!)

Cytoadhesion of P. falciparum in the brain leads to a large number of deaths each year and is a consequence of exported parasite proteins, some of which modify the erythrocyte cytoskeleton while others such as PfEMP1 project onto the erythrocyte surface where they bind to endothelial cells.

Production of Gene - Corrected Adult Beta Globin Protein in Human Erythrocytes Differentiated from Patient iPSCs After Genome Editing of the Sickle Point Mutation.

Results: We show that P. falciparum extracellular vesicles (PfEVs) are enriched in proteins found within the exomembrane compartments of infected erythrocytes such as Maurer's clefts (MCs), as well as the secretory endomembrane compartments in the apical end of the merozoites, suggesting that these proteins play a role in parasite - host interactions.

In a proof of principle study, we found that a previously undescribed single nucleotide polymorphism in the binding domain of the erythrocyte binding like protein (EBL) conferred a dramatic change in red blood cell invasion in mutant rodent malaria parasites Plasmodium yoelii.

Importantly, the researchers detected - globin protein expressed from the corrected HBB allele in these erythrocytes.

This integrated approach has demonstrated the significant role of the merozoite proteome during erythrocyte invasion, while identifying numerous unknown proteins likely to be involved in invasion.

Merozoites are ovoid cells containing apically located secretory organelles that release proteins which are required for the invasion of new erythrocytes [6, 7].

While erythrocyte invasion is a rapid process, the brief extracellular exposure of merozoites outside of their intra-erythrocytic niche places them in direct contact with host antibodies, which contribute to naturally acquired immunity to malaria [8, 9]; therefore, merozoite cell surface and secreted proteins have long been considered attractive targets for rational vaccine development.

Review of «Production of gene - corrected adult beta globin protein in human erythrocytes differentiated from patient iPSCs after genome editing of the sickle point mutation» from Stem Cells by Stuart P. Atkinson

It was demonstrated in individuals living in a malaria endemic region of Papua New Guinea that Duffy binding protein adherence to RBCs is significantly reduced for erythrocytes of P. vivax malaria patients who carry one Duffy - negative allele [15].

Additionally, common inflammatory markers we test for include C - reactive protein (CRP / CRP - high sensitivity), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and ferritin.