Structural and antigenic properties of merozoite surface protein 4 of Plasmodium falciparum

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2193-2200

  Wang, Lina ^a   Black, Casilda G ^a   Marshall, Vikki M ^b   Coppel, Ross L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; EPITOPE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032921889     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.5.2193-2200.1999     Document Type: Article

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