Rapid evolution of an erythrocyte invasion gene family: The Plasmodium reichenowi Reticulocyte Binding Like (RBL) genes

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 287-296

  Rayner, Julian C ^a,c   Huber, Curtis S ^a   Galinski, Mary R ^b   Barnwell, John W ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte invasion; Malaria; Normocyte Binding Proteins; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium reichenowi; Reticulocyte Binding Like

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; RETICULOCYTE BINDING LIKE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM REICHENOWI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES INVASION;

PAN TROGLODYTES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM REICHENOWI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0346787807     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2003.10.017     Document Type: Article

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