Interallelic recombination in the merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-1) gene of Plasmodium vivax from Thai isolates

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-56

  Putaporntip, Chaturong ^a   Jongwutiwes, Somchai ^a   Tanabe, Kazuyuki ^b   Thaithong, Sodsri ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

malaria; merozoite surface protein 1; Plasmodium vivax; recombination; sequence; Thai isolates

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031047158     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02786-7     Document Type: Article

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