Antigenic variation in malaria: A 3' genomic alteration associated with the expression of a P. knowlesi variant antigen

Molecular Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-141

  Al Khedery, Basima ^a,b   Barnwell, John W ^a,c   Galinski, Mary R ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE SWITCHING; GENOME; HEMAGGLUTINATION; MALARIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI;

EID: 0033083101     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80304-4     Document Type: Article

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