Limited sequence polymorphism in the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 3

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-234

  Huber, Werner ^a,d   Felger, Ingrid ^a   Matile, Hugues ^b   Lipps, Hans Joachim ^c   Steiger, Sylvia ^a   Beck, Hans Peter ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diversity; Merozoite surface antigen 3; Plasmodium falciparum; Polymerase chain reaction; Sequence

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030744265     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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