Antibodies reactive with the N-terminal domain of Plasmodium falciparum serine repeat antigen inhibit cell proliferation by agglutinating merozoites and schizonts

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1821-1827

  Pang, Xin Li ^a   Mitamura, Toshihide ^a   Horii, Toshihiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSS LINKING; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033057904     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.67.4.1821-1827.1999     Document Type: Article

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