Proteomics of the rodent malaria parasite using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization quadrupole ion trap time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry

Anal Sci. 2012;28(8):813-7. doi: 10.2116/analsci.28.813.

Abstract

Plasmodium berghei strain NK65 is a rodent malaria parasite species widely used as a model of the human-infectious malaria parasite. Because a rodent malaria parasite model allows issues to be addressed which would not be possible with human-infectious species, e.g., mode of action and in vivo screening, a convenient method to analyze the malaria parasite proteome is required. The proteins of P. berghei separated using two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis were analyzed using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization quadrupole ion trap time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Female
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred ICR
  • Plasmodium berghei / chemistry*
  • Proteomics*
  • Protozoan Proteins / analysis*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Protozoan Proteins