PbCap380, a novel oocyst capsule protein, is essential for malaria parasite survival in the mosquito

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1304-1312

  Srinivasan, Prakash ^a   Fujioka, Hisashi ^b   Jacobs Lorena, Marcelo ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI CAPSULE PROTEIN 380;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN TARGETING;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT VECTORS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; OOCYSTS; PLASMODIUM; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPOROZOITES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 43449104713     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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