Identification, cloning, expression, and characterization of the gene for Plasmodium knowlesi surface protein containing an altered thrombospondin repeat domain

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 5402-5409

  Mahajan, Babita ^a   Jani, Dewal ^b   Chattopadhyay, Rana ^c   Nagarkatti, Rana ^b   Zheng, Hong ^a   Majam, Victoria ^a   Weiss, Walter ^c   Kumar, Sanjai ^a,d   Rathore, Dharmendar ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINASE; RNA; THROMBOSPONDIN; VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHESUS MONKEY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THROMBOSPONDINS;

EID: 23944475182     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.9.5402-5409.2005     Document Type: Article

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