Characterization of conserved T- and B-cell epitopes in Plasmodium falciparum major merozoite surface protein 1

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2685-2691

  Parra, Marcela ^a   Hui, George ^c   Johnson, Armead H ^b   Berzofsky, Jay A ^d   Roberts, Theodore ^a   Quakyi, Isabella A ^a   Taylor, Diane W ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CELL DIVISION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; H-2 ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0034114440     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.5.2685-2691.2000     Document Type: Article

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