Differential selective pressures on the merozoite surface protein 2 locus of Plasmodium falciparum in a low endemic area

Gene

Volumn 427, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 51-57

  Putaporntip, Chaturong ^a   Jongwutiwes, Somchai ^a   Hughes, Austin L ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; Malaria; Merozoite surface protein 2; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; THAILAND;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 55349105786     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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