Characterisation of the merozoite surface protein 4/5 gene of Plasmodium berghei and Plasmodium yoelii

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 137-147

  Kedzierski, Lukasz ^a   Black, Casilda G ^a   Coppel, Ross L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

EGF like domain; Merozoite surface protein; Plasmodium berghei; Plasmodium chabaudi; Plasmodium yoelii

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 4, PLASMODIUM; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 5; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALARIA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033621745     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00178-4     Document Type: Article

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