Comparison of Plasmodium yoelii ookinete surface antigens with human and avian malaria parasite homologues reveals two highly conserved regions

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-111

  Tsuboi, Takafumi ^a   Kaslow, David C ^b   Cao, Ya Ming ^a   Shiwaku, Kuninori ^c   Torii, Motomi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malaria; Ookinete antigen; Plasmodium yoelii; Sequence

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHICKENS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

EID: 0030806283     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00049-2     Document Type: Article

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