The origin of antigenic diversity in Plasmodium falciparum

Parasitology Today

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 390-396

  Rich, Stephen M ^a   Ferreira, Marcelo Urbano ^b   Ayala, Francisco J ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0034284669     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(00)01741-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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