Biased amino acid composition in repeat regions of Plasmodium antigens

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 627-633

  Verra, Federica ^b   Hughes, Austin L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amino acid repeats; Antigens; Codon usage; Housekeeping genes; Immune evasion; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TANDEM REPEAT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0032960482     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026145     Document Type: Article

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