Expression, purification and characterization of a functional region of the Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-184

  Dutta, Sheetij ^a   Daugherty, Jon R ^a   Ware, Lisa A ^a   Lanar, David E ^a   Ockenhouse, Christian F ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Baculovirus expression; Duffy binding protein; Malaria; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP DUFFY SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BACULOVIRIDAE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DUFFY BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; EPITOPES; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033847985     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00244-9     Document Type: Article

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