Evidence of non-neutral polymorphism in Plasmodium falciparum gamete surface protein genes Pfs47 and Pfs48/45

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-123

  Anthony, Thomas G ^a,b,c   Polley, Spencer D ^a   Vogler, Alfried P ^b,c   Conway, David J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gamete; Malaria; Mating compatibility; Microsatellite; Natural selection; Oocyst

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PFS47 GENE; PFS48 45 GENE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANZANIA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM REICHENOWI;

EID: 35349030755     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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