Correctly folded Pfs48/45 protein of Plasmodium falciparum elicits malaria transmission-blocking immunity in mice

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4301-4305

  Outchkourov, Nikolay S ^a,b   Roeffen, Will ^a   Kaan, Anita ^a   Jansen, Josephine ^a   Luty, Adrian ^a   Schuiffel, Danielle ^a   Van Gemert, Geert Jan ^a   Van De Vegte Bolmer, Marga ^a   Sauerwein, Robert W ^a   Stunnenberg, Hendrik G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE; MALTOSE; RECOMBINANT PFS 48 45 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PFS48 45 PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PFS48-45 PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDING; IMMUNOGENICITY; MALARIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CATALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM PARASITES;

ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGENETICS; MALARIA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 41949108966     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800459105     Document Type: Article

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