Identification of multiple chondroitin sulfate A (CSA)-binding domains in the var2CSA gene transcribed in CSA-binding parasites

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1010-1013

  Gamain, Benoit ^a   Trimnell, Adama R ^b   Scheidig, Christine ^a   Schert, Artur ^a   Miller, Louis H ^c   Smith, Joseph D ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CHO CELLS; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; CRICETINAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PORINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 14844292560     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428137     Document Type: Article

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