STEVOR - A multifunctional protein?

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-15

  Blythe, J E ^a   Surentheran, T ^a   Preiser, P R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Expression; Parasite; STEVOR

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; STEVOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CHROMOSOME 14; CODON; EXON; GAMETOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LIFE CYCLE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SPOROZOITE; TELOMERE; VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 1642431672     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2003.09.011     Document Type: Review

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