Fertilization is a novel attacking site for the transmission blocking of malaria parasites

Acta Tropica

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 157-161

  Hirai, Makoto ^a   Mori, Toshiyuki ^b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertilization; GCS1; Malaria; Plasmodium berghei; Transmission blocking vaccine

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; GENERATIVE CELL SPECIFIC 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GAMETOGENESIS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITE; VACCINE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GAMETOGENESIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77950056007     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.08.005     Document Type: Review

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