Heat Shock Proteins of Malaria - Shonhai, Addmore; Blatch, Gregory L.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
Introduction: The importance of molecular chaperones in survival and pathogenesis of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum -- General structural and functional features of molecular chaperones -- The role of Hsp70s in the development and pathogenicity of Plasmodium species -- Role of the Hsp40 family of proteins in the survival and pathogenesis of the malaria parasite -- Role of Hsp90 in Plasmodium falciparum malaria -- The role of parasite heat shock proteins in protein trafficking and host cell remodeling -- Role of heat shock proteins in immune modulation in malaria -- Establishment of Plasmodium falciparum extracellular compartments in its host erythrocyte -- Chaperones and Proteases of Plasmodium falciparum -- Heat shock proteins as targets for novel anti-malarial drugs -- What do we know, what do we not know, and what should the future focus be?.
Keywords: Medicine; Parasitology; Proteins .; Infectious diseases; Biomedicine, general; Parasitology; Protein Science; Infectious Diseases