Distinct trafficking and localization of STEVOR proteins in three stages of the Plasmodium falciparum life cycle

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6597-6602

  McRobert, Louisa ^a   Preiser, Peter ^b,c   Sharp, Sarah ^a   Jarra, William ^b   Kaviratne, Mallika ^b   Taylor, Martin C ^a   Renia, Laurent ^d   Sutherland, Colin J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; STEVOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GAMETOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HOST CELL; LIFE CYCLE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RIF GENE; SPOROZOITE; STEVOR GENE; VAR GENE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ERYTHROCYTES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLANDS;

EID: 7044234888     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.11.6597-6602.2004     Document Type: Article

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