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Arginine methylation in P. falciparum

ABSTRACT: The files contain proteomics data for arginine methylation analysis using Immuno precipitation and HILIC approaches from different dvelopmental stages of P. falciparum

INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap Velos

ORGANISM(S): Plasmodium Falciparum

DISEASE(S): Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria

SUBMITTER: Dinesh Gupta

LAB HEAD: Dinesh Gupta

PROVIDER: PXD003104 | Pride | 2016-12-14

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Proteomic Identification and Analysis of Arginine-Methylated Proteins of Plasmodium falciparum at Asexual Blood Stages.

Zeeshan Mohammad M Kaur Inderjeet I Joy Joseph J Saini Ekta E Paul Gourab G Kaushik Abhinav A Dabral Surbhi S Mohmmed Asif A Gupta Dinesh D Malhotra Pawan P

Journal of proteome research 20170103 2

Plasmodium falciparum undergoes a tightly regulated developmental process in human erythrocytes, and recent studies suggest an important regulatory role of post-translational modifications (PTMs). As compared with Plasmodium phosphoproteome, little is known about other PTMs in the parasite. In the present study, we performed a global analysis of asexual blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum to identify arginine-methylated proteins. Using two different methyl arginine-specific antibodies, we immu ...[more]

PMID: 27933903

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			Action	DRS
	10C_R.mzML	Mzml
	10C_R.raw	Raw
	11C_R.mzML	Mzml
	11C_R.raw	Raw
	12C_R.mzML	Mzml