Identification and cloning of a locus of serine repeat antigen (sera)-related genes from Plasmodium vivax1

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 55-65

  Kiefer, Michael C ^a,b   Crawford, Kenneth A ^a   Boley, Leslie J ^a   Landsberg, Katherine E ^a   Gibson, Helen L ^a   Kaslow, David C ^c   Barr, Philip J ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b LXR Biotechnology Inc   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysteine like proteinase; Malaria vaccine; Plasmodium vivax; Serine repeat antigen (SERA)

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; ANIMALIA; PAN TROGLODYTES;

DNA; HISTIDINE; LEUCINE; SERINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0029892853     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02607-2     Document Type: Article

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