Plasmodium falciparum STEVOR proteins are highly expressed in patient isolates and located in the surface membranes of infected red blood cells and the apical tips of merozoites

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3329-3336

  Blythe, Jane E ^a,b   Xue, Yan Yam ^a   Kuss, Claudia ^a   Bozdech, Zbynek ^a   Holder, Anthony A ^b   Marsh, Kevin ^c   Langhorne, Jean ^b   Preiser, Peter R ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN STEVOR; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; STEVOR ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL MEMBRANE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOSOL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SCHIZONT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CELL MEMBRANE; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOSOL; ERYTHROCYTES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEROZOITES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SCHIZONTS;

EID: 46449118316     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01460-07     Document Type: Article

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