Decoding the language of var genes and Plasmodium falciparum sequestration

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 538-545

  Smith, Joseph D ^a   Gamain, Benoit ^b   Baruch, Dror I ^b   Kyes, Sue ^c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN PFEMP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL SURFACE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE; MEDIATOR; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; ROSETTE FORMATION; VAR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035521149     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(01)02079-7     Document Type: Review

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