var genes, PfEMP1 and the human host

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-9

  Flick, Kirsten ^a   Chen, Qijun ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Plasmodium falciparum; pRBC; var gene

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD36 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRAIN MALARIA; CAPILLARY; CELL SURFACE; CHROMOSOME 4; CLEARANCE; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRON; MALARIA; MOLECULE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOGENE; REVIEW; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; VENULE; VIRULENCE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 1642431673     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2003.09.010     Document Type: Review

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