Merozoite surface protein 8 of Plasmodium falciparum contains two epidermal growth factor-like domains

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 217-226

  Black, Casilda G ^a   Wu, Tieqiao ^a   Wang, Lina ^a   Hibbs, Alan R ^a   Coppel, Ross L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antigenic diversity; Merozoite surface protein 8; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTISERUM; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 4; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 5; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 8; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL LYSATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

EID: 0034982291     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00265-1     Document Type: Article

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