Molecular evolution and intragenic recombination of the merozoite surface protein MSP-3α from the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax in Thailand

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-35

  Mascorro, C N ^a   Zhao, K ^a   Khuntirat, B ^b   Sattabongkot, J ^b   Yan, G ^c   Escalante, A A ^d   Cui, L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Genetic recombination; Merozoite surface antigen; Phylogeny; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 3ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THAILAND; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; THAILAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 22444447654     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005007547     Document Type: Article

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