Identification of a rare point mutation at C-terminus of merozoite surface antigen-1 gene of Plasmodium falciparum in eastern Indian isolates

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 45-49

  Raj, Dipak Kumar ^a   Das, Bibhu Ranjan ^a,b   Dash, A P ^a   Supakar, Prakash C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (India)

^b SRL Ranbaxy Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ISOLEUCINE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SLOT BLOT HYBRIDIZATION;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE MAPPING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 1542298312     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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