Optimizing expression of the pregnancy malaria vaccine candidate, VAR2CSA in Pichia pastoris

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Avril, Marion ^a   Hathaway, Marianne J ^a   Cartwright, Megan M ^a   Gose, Severin O ^a   Narum, David L ^b   Smith, Joseph D ^a  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; EPITOPE; MALARIA VACCINE; PROTEIN VAR2CSA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DUFFY ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; VAR2CSA PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALARIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA PASTORIS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CROSS REACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METABOLISM; PICHIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PICHIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 68349128076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-143     Document Type: Article

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