Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte invasion through glycophorin C and selection for Gerbich negativity in human populations

Nature Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-92

  Maier, Alexander G ^a   Duraisingh, Manoj T ^a   Reeder, John C ^b   Patel, Sheral S ^c   Kazura, James W ^c   Zimmerman, Peter A ^c   Cowman, Alan F ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPHORIN C;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CODE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; EXONS; GLYCOPHORIN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MELANESIA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037234392     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm807     Document Type: Article

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