Plasmodium falciparum: Sequence analysis of the gene encoding the C-terminus region of the merozoite surface protein-1, a potential malaria vaccine antigen, in Iranian clinical isolates

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 378-385

  Mehrizi, Akram Abouie ^a,b   Zakeri, Sedigheh ^a   Salmanian, Ali Hatef ^b   Sanati, Mohammad Hossein ^b   Djadid, Navid Dinparast ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Allelic variation; deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; EGF; epidermal growth factor; Iran; K1; MAD20; Merozoite surface protein 1; PCR; Plasmodium falciparum; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEROZOITE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 38649098164     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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