Limited genetic polymorphism of the Plasmodium vivax low molecular weight rhoptry protein complex in the Colombian population

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-267

  Garzon Ospina, Diego ^a,b   Romero Murillo, Liza ^a   Patarroyo, Manuel A ^a,b  

^a FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO DE INMUNOLOGÍA DE COLOMBIA FIDIC   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Demographic process; Genetic polymorphism; Malaria vaccine candidates; Plasmodium vivax; Rhoptry associated protein 1; Rhoptry associated protein 2

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; RHOPTRY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; RHOPTRY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COLOMBIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, VIVAX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 76849090794     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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