Cloning, expression, and characterisation of a Plasmodium vivax MSP7 family merozoite surface protein

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 351, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 639-644

  Mongui, Alvaro ^a   Perez Leal, Oscar ^a   Soto, Sara C ^a   Cortes, Jimena ^a   Patarroyo, Manuel A ^a,b  

^a FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO DE INMUNOLOGÍA DE COLOMBIA FIDIC   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Malaria; Merozoite; MSP7; Plasmodium vivax; Vaccine candidate

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MALARIA VACCINES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM PARASITES; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 33750742789     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.10.082     Document Type: Article

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