Plasmodium falciparum: Allelic variation in the merozoite surface protein 1 gene in wild isolates from Southern Vietnam

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-57

  Kaneko, Osamu ^a,d   Kimura, Masatsugu ^a   Kawamoto, Fumihiko ^b   Ferreira, Marcelo Urbano ^b   Tanabe, Kazuyuki ^c  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Allelic variation; Antigen; Epidermal growth factor (EGF); Ethylendiaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA); Gene; Isolate; Malaria; Merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP1, also termed MSA1, p190, gp195, PMMSA); Nucleotide (nt); Phosphate buffered saline (PBS); Plasmodium falciparum; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Prevalence; Recombination; Tris (hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (Tris); Tris EDTA (TE)

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; VIET NAM;

ILEX COOKII; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031148834     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1997.4147     Document Type: Article

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