The merozoite surface protein 6 gene codes for a 36 kDa protein associated with the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1 complex

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 91-101

  Trucco, Carlotta ^a   Fernandez Reyes, Delmiro ^a   Howell, Steven ^a   Stafford, William H ^a   Scott Finnigan, Terry J ^a   Grainger, Munira ^a   Ogun, Solabomi A ^a   Taylor, William R ^a   Holder, Anthony A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; Malaria; Merozoite surface protein; MSP 6; P. falciparum

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; POLYPEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEROZOITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0035862693     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00350-9     Document Type: Article

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