Cloning and characterization of the merozoite surface antigen 1 genie of Plasmodium berghei

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 994-999

  Zhong, Haibing ^a   Fan, Jin Yuan ^a   Yang, Shutong ^a   Davidson, Eugene A ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MALARIA VACCINE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA LIBRARY; MEROZOITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032987357     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.994     Document Type: Article

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