Thrombospondin-related adhesive protein (TRAP) of Plasmodium falciparum: Expression during sporozoite ontogeny and binding to human hepatocytes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 16, 1995, Pages 3883-3894

  Robson, Kathryn J H ^a   Frevert, Ute ^b   Reckmann, Ingeborg ^c   Cowan, Gill ^a   Beier, John ^d   Scragg, Ian G ^a   Takehara, Kazuaki ^e   Bishop, David H L ^e   Pradel, Gabi ^b   Sinden, Robert ^f   Saccheo, Stefano ^c   Müller, Hans Michael ^c   Crisanti, Andrea ^c,f  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatocyte binding; Plasmodium falciparum; Sporozoite ontogeny; TRAP expression

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL PROTEIN; GLYCOCONJUGATE; THROMBOSPONDIN; THROMBOSPONDIN RELATED ADHESIVE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTION; LIVER CELL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OOCYST; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SALIVARY GLAND; SPOROZOITE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029091846     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1995.tb00060.x     Document Type: Article

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