Synonymous and non-synonymous mutations in a region of the Plasmodium chabaudi genome and evidence for selection acting on a malaria vaccine candidate

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 447-451

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

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immune selection; Merozoite surface protein; Molecular evolution; Plasmodium chabaudi

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; MALARIA VACCINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADENYLOSUCCINATE LYASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034494349     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00320-0     Document Type: Article

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