Variant proteins of the Plasmodium falciparum RIFIN family show distinct subcellular localization and developmental expression patterns

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-61

  Petter, Michaela ^a   Haeggström, Malin ^b   Khattab, Ayman ^a   Fernandez, Victor ^c   Klinkert, Mo Quen ^a   Wahlgren, Mats ^b,c  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Developmental regulation; Maurer's clefts; Multigene families; Plasmodium falciparum; RIFINs; Variant antigens

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN RIFIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ERYTHROCYTE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIFE CYCLE; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 34548319689     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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