A Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen-1 (AMA-1) gene apparently generated by intragenic recombination

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 243-246

  Eisen, Damon P ^a   Marshall, Vikki M ^b   Billman Jacobe, Helen ^a   Coppel, Ross L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

AMA 1, apical membrane antigen 1; Apical membrane antigen 1; Intragenic recombination; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032911642     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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