Modified merozoite surface protein-1 peptides with short alpha helical regions are associated with inducing protection against malaria

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 3946-3952

  Torres, Mary H ^a   Salazar, Luz M ^a   Vanegas, Magnolia ^a   Guzman, Fanny ^a   Rodriguez, Raul ^a   Silva, Yolanda ^a   Rosas, Jaiver ^a   Patarroyo, Manuel E ^a,b  

^a FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO DE INMUNOLOGÍA DE COLOMBIA FIDIC   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

MSP 1 protein; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Peptide analogues; Vaccine candidate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MALARIA VACCINE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; METHIONYLLEUCYLASPARAGINYLISOLEUCYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLHISTIDYLGLUTAMINYLCYSTEIN YLVALYLLYSYLLYSYLGLUTAMINYLCYSTEINYLPROLYLGLUTAMINYLASPARAGINYLSERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DEPENDENT ENHANCEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA PROTEIN BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AOTIDAE; BINDING SITES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALARIA; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0141704103     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03780.x     Document Type: Article

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