Positive selection on the Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite threonine-asparagine-rich protein: Analysis of isolates mainly from low endemic areas

Gene

Volumn 410, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-146

  Jongwutiwes, Somchai ^a   Putaporntip, Chaturong ^a   Karnchaisri, Kriangkrai ^a   Seethamchai, Sunee ^b   Hongsrimuang, Thongchai ^a   Kanbara, Hiroji ^c  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field isolates; Molecular epidemiology; Polymorphism; Sequence; Sporozoite; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; THREONINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROZOITE; THAILAND;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 40649089377     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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