Evidence for intragenic recombination in Plasmodium falciparum: Identification of a novel allele family in block 2 of merozoite surface protein-1: Asembo Bay Area Cohort Project XIV

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 163-171

  Takala, Shannon ^a   Branch, OraLee ^a,b   Escalante, Ananias A ^a,c   Kariuki, Simon ^d   Wootton, John ^b   Lal, Altaf A ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Allele family; Genetic diversity; Merozoite protein; Plasmodium; Recombination; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; VACCINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0036860989     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00237-2     Document Type: Article

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