Stage-specific processing of Pfs230, a Plasmodium falciparum transmission-blocking vaccine candidate

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 161-169

  Williamson, K C ^a   Fujioka, H ^b   Aikawa, M ^b   Kaslow, D C ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Immunodominance; Pfs230; Plasmodium falciparum; Vaccine candidate

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

MALARIA VACCINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; VACCINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0030008510     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02621-7     Document Type: Article

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