Comparative analysis of Plasmodium reichenowi and P. falciparum erythrocyte-binding proteins reveals selection to maintain polymorphism in the erythrocyte-binding region of EBA-175

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-84

  Ozwara, Hastings ^a,b   Kocken, Clemens H M ^a   Conway, David J ^c   Mwenda, Jason M ^b   Thomas, Alan W ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EBA 175; Erythrocyte binding antigen; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium reichenowi; Pr EBA

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BINDING PROTEIN; GLYCOPHORIN A; PEPTIDE; SIALIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOST CELL; MEROZOITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM REICHENOWI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM REICHENOWI;

EID: 0034900875     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00298-5     Document Type: Article

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