A chimeric Plasmodium falciparum Pfnbp2b/Pfnbp2a gene originated during asexual growth

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-130

  Cortés, Alfred ^a,b  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene conversion; Invasion; PfNBP2b; PfRh2b; Plasmodium falciparum; Southeast Asian ovalocytosis

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; NORMOCYTE BINDING PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CELL CULTURE; CELL INVASION; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 13844267331     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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