Allele Frequency-Based Analyses Robustly Map Sequence Sites Under Balancing Selection in a Malaria Vaccine Candidate Antigen

Genetics

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 555-561

  Polley, Spencer D ^a   Chokejindachai, Watcharee ^a,b   Conway, David J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN 1; GENOMIC DNA; MALARIA VACCINE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; THAILAND; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; GENE FREQUENCY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALARIA VACCINES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0242349712     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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