Primary structure of a novel ookinete surface protein from Plasmodium berghei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-134

  Tsuboi, Takafumi ^a   Cao, Ya Ming ^a   Kaslow, David C ^b   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 berghei; sequence

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030959430     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02821-6     Document Type: Article

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