The histones of Plasmodium falciparum: Identification, purification and a possible role in the pathology of malaria

Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 413-419

  Longhurst, H J ^a,b   Holder, A A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

histone; immunity; malaria; pathology; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALARIA; PATHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CELL NUCLEUS; CROSS REACTIONS; ERYTHROCYTES; HISTONES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030915199     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182096008621     Document Type: Article

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