The crystal structure of C-terminal merozoite surface protein 1 at 1.8 Å resolution, a highly protective malaria vaccine candidate

Molecular Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 457-464

  Chitarra, Véronique ^a   Holm, Inge ^a   Bentley, Graham A ^a   Pêtres, Stephane ^b   Longacre, Shirley ^c  

^a Unite d'Immunologie Structurale   (France)

^b Lab de Tech Cellulaire   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MALARIA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ERYTHROCYTE; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIMATES; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0033120029     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80473-6     Document Type: Article

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