Multiple var2csa-type PfEMP1 genes located at different chromosomal loci occur in many Plasmodium falciparum isolates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Sander, Adam F ^a   Salanti, Ali ^a   Lavstsen, Thomas ^a   Nielsen, Morten A ^a   Magistrado, Pamela ^a,b   Lusingu, John ^b   Ndam, Nicaise Tuikue ^c   Arnot, David E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN VAR2CSA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 68949215692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006667     Document Type: Article

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