Exposure of the Plasmodium falciparum clonally variant STEVOR proteins on the merozoite surface

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Khattab, Ayman ^a   Meri, Seppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; STEVOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PARASITE ANTIGEN; STEVOR ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHIZONT; TROPHOZOITE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEROZOITES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 79952498629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-58     Document Type: Article

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