A ubiquitous Plasmodium protein displays a unique surface labeling pattern in sporozoites

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-209

  LaCrue, Alexis N ^a   Sivaguru, Mayandi ^a   Walter, Marika F ^b   Fidock, David A ^c   James, Anthony A ^b   Beerntsen, Brenda T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Malaria; Preferential expression; Sporozoite; Surface protein

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; GAMETOCYTE; HEMOLYMPH; MALARIA; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PLASMODIUM; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RODENT; SALIVARY GLAND; SPOROZOITE;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE LIBRARY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPOROZOITES;

AVES; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745353803     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.03.016     Document Type: Article

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