Variation in the thrombospondin-related adhesive protein (TRAP) gene of Plasmodium falciparum from Thai field isolates

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Jongwutiwes, Somchai ^a   Putaporntip, Chaturong ^a   Kanbara, Hiroji ^b   Tanabe, Kazuyuki ^c  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Sequence; Thai isolates; Thrombospondin related adhesive protein

Indexed keywords

THROMBOSPONDIN;

GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THAILAND;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0032078213     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00004-8     Document Type: Article

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