Full-Length Recombinant Plasmodium falciparum VAR2CSA Binds Specifically to CSPG and Induces Potent Parasite Adhesion-Blocking Antibodies

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 397, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 826-834

  Khunrae, Pongsak ^a   Dahlbäck, Madeleine ^b   Nielsen, Morten A ^b   Andersen, Gorm ^b   Ditlev, Sisse B ^b   Resende, Mafalda ^b   Pinto, Vera V ^b   Theander, Thor G ^b   Higgins, Matthew K ^a   Salanti, Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CSA; malaria; PfEMP1; vaccine; VAR2CSA

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM VACCINE; PROTEIN VAR2CSA; PROTEOGLYCAN; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INSECT CELL; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

HEXAPODA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 77949274592     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.01.040     Document Type: Article

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