Characterization of a Plasmodium chabaudi gene encoding a protein with glutamate-rich tandem repeats

Parasitology Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-46

  Giraldo, Luis E ^a,c   Jennings, Gregory J ^a,d   Deleersnijder, Willy ^b,e   Hamers Casterman, Cecile ^b   Wiser, Mark F ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c Ctro Internacional de E   (Colombia)

^d MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^e INNOGENETICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GLUTAMIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID;

PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032895571     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050505     Document Type: Article

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