Antigenic and sequence diversity at the C-terminus of the merozoite surface protein-1 from rodent malaria isolates, and the binding of protective monoclonal antibodies

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-156

  Benjamin, Pearline A ^a   Ling, Irene T ^a   Clottey, George ^a   Spencer Valero, Lilian M ^a   Ogun, Solabomi A ^a   Fleck, Suzanne L ^a   Walliker, David ^b   Morgan, William D ^a   Birdsall, Berry ^a   Feeney, James ^a   Holder, Anthony A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malaria; Merozoite surface protein; Plasmodium yoelii; Sequence heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MALARIA VACCINE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; MODEL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RODENT; SCREENING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MALARIA; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM YOELII; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VINCKEI; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PLASMODIUM YOELII NIGERIENSIS; PLASMODIUM YOELII YOELII; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032738010     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00142-5     Document Type: Article

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