Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 6 Is A Dimorphic Antigen

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2321-2328

  Pearce, J Andrew ^a   Triglia, Tony ^a   Hodder, Anthony N ^a   Jackson, David C ^b   Cowman, Alan F ^a   Anders, Robin F ^c  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 3; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 6; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 7; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CELL INVASION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CROSS REACTION; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 1842535558     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.4.2321-2328.2004     Document Type: Article

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