Lack of sequence diversity in the gene encoding merozoite surface protein 5 of Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 243-250

  Wu, Tieqiao ^a   Black, Casilda G ^a   Wang, Lina ^a   Hibbs, Alan R ^b   Coppel, Ross L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antigenic diversity; Intron; Merozoite surface protein 5; Nucleotide sequencing; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 5; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; INTRONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0032887976     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00134-6     Document Type: Article

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