The A-domain and the thrombospondin-related motif of Plasmodium falciparum TRAP are implicated in the invasion process of mosquito salivary glands

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 5195-5204

  Wengelnik, Kai ^a   Spaccapelo, Roberta ^a   Naitza, Silvia ^a   Robson, Kathryn J H ^b   Janse, Chris J ^c   Bistoni, Francesco ^d   Waters, Andrew P ^c   Crisanti, Andrea ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Gene complementation; Gliding motility; Malaria; TRAP

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN; THROMBOSPONDIN RELATED ADHESIVE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE MUTATION; LIGAND BINDING; MOSQUITO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROZOITE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULICIDAE; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MICE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SALIVARY GLANDS; TRANSGENES; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033215304     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.19.5195     Document Type: Article

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