A method for visualizing surface-exposed and internal PfEMP1 adhesion antigens in Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bengtsson, Dominique ^a,b   Sowa, Kordai M ^a,b   Salanti, Ali ^a,b   Jensen, Anja T R ^a,b   Joergensen, Louise ^a,b   Turner, Louise ^a,b   Theander, Thor G ^a,b   Arnot, David E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN PFEMP1; DETERGENT; FLUOROCHROME; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE; HOST CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPHOZOITE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RABBIT; STAINING; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 46949091978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-101     Document Type: Article

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