Gene structure and expression of a Plasmodium falciparum 220-kDa protein homologous to the Plasmodium vivax reticulocyte binding proteins

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 275-278

  Kaneko, Osamu ^a   Mu, Jianbing ^b   Tsuboi, Takafumi ^a   Su, Xinzhuan ^b   Torii, Motomi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Malaria; Merozoite; Plasmodium falciparum; Rhoptry

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RETICULOCYTE BINDING PROTEIN HOMOLOG 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETICULOCYTE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036274557     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00042-7     Document Type: Article

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