The sequence of clag 9, a subtelomeric gene of Plasmodium falciparum is highly conserved

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 437-440

  Manski Nankervis, Jo Anne ^a   Gardiner, Donald L ^a   Hawthorne, Paula ^a   Holt, Deborah C ^a   Edwards, Mandy ^a   Kemp, David J ^a   Trenholme, Katharine R ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clag 9; Conserved sequence; Cytoadherence; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

CD36 ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRITON X 100; VACCINE;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GENE LOCATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TELOMERE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034491894     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00323-6     Document Type: Article

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