Cloning and cross-species comparison of the thrombospondin-related anonymous protein (TRAP) gene from Plasmodium knowlesi, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium gallinaceum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-24

  Templeton, Thomas J ^a   Kaslow, David C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Plasmodium gallinaceum; Plasmodium knowlesi; Plasmodium vivax; thrombospondin related anonymous protein (TRAP)

Indexed keywords

THROMBOSPONDIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031040547     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02775-2     Document Type: Article

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