Conservation of structure among glycosylphosphatidylinositol toxins from different geographic isolates of Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 273-278

  Berhe, Saba ^a   Schofield, Louis ^b   Schwarz, Ralph T ^a   Gerold, Peter ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; GPI; Plasmodium; Toxin

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032888453     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00125-5     Document Type: Article

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