Apical Membrane Antigen 1, a Major Malaria Vaccine Candidate, Mediates the Close Attachment of Invasive Merozoites to Host Red Blood Cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 154-158

  Mitchell, G H ^a   Thomas, A W ^b   Margos, G ^a   Dluzewski, A R ^a   Bannister, L H ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN 1; BINDING PROTEIN; DUFFY BINDING PROTEIN; EPITOPE; MALARIA VACCINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY R31C2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP DUFFY SYSTEM; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTES; MACACA MULATTA; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RATS;

EID: 0346251040     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.1.154-158.2004     Document Type: Article

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