Close linkage of three merozoite surface protein genes on chromosome 2 of Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-25

  Marshall, Vikki M ^a   Tieqiao, Wu ^a   Coppel, Ross L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Chromosome 2; Intergenic distance; Linkage; Merozoite surface protein; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0032128029     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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