A single member of the Plasmodium falciparum var multigene family determines cytoadhesion to the placental receptor chondroitin sulphate A

EMBO Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 775-781

  Viebig, Nicola K ^a   Gamain, Benoit ^a   Scheidig, Christine ^a   Lépolard, Catherine ^b   Przyborski, Jude ^c   Lanzer, Michael ^c   Gysin, Jürg ^b   Scherf, Artur ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CSA; Malaria; Placenta; Plasmodium; Var

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, CD36; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL ADHESION; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; EXONS; FEMALE; GENOME; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PLASMIDS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA; TIME FACTORS; TROPHOBLASTS;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 30644477046     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400466     Document Type: Article

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