The wheat germ cell-free protein synthesis system: A key tool for novel malaria vaccine candidate discovery

Acta Tropica

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-176

  Tsuboi, Takafumi ^a   Takeo, Satoru ^a   Arumugam, Thangavelu U ^a   Otsuki, Hitoshi ^b   Torii, Motomi ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Post genome; Vaccine candidate discovery; Wheat germ cell free protein synthesis

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

GENOME; GERM CELL; MALARIA; PARASITE; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; VACCINE; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; PROTEIN QUALITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; VACCINATION; WHEAT GERM;

CELL-FREE SYSTEM; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA VACCINES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77950055495     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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