Epitope mapping on the ookinete surface antigen Pbs21 of Plasmodium berghei: Identification of the site of binding of transmission-blocking monoclonal antibody 13.1

Parassitologia

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 559-563

  Spano, F ^a   Matsuoka, H ^b   Ozawa, R ^b   Chinzei, Y ^b   Sinden, R E ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid epitope; Plasmodium berghei; Recombinant Pbs21; Transmission blocking antibodies

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OOKINETE SURFACE ANTIGEN PBS21, PLASMODIUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030320810     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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