Investigating the host binding signature on the Plasmodium falciparum PfEMP1 protein family

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Janes, Joel H ^a   Wang, Christopher P ^b   Levin Edens, Emily ^b   Vigan Womas, Inès ^c   Guillotte, Micheline ^c   Melcher, Martin ^b   Mercereau Puijalon, Odile ^c,d   Smith, Joseph D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD36 ANTIGEN; ENDOGLIN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; FRACTALKINE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR ADAPTOR MOLECULE 1; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR BINDING; ROSETTE TEST; ANIMAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CHO CELL; CRICETULUS; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETICS; HAMSTER; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, CD36; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHO CELLS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79958072217     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002032     Document Type: Article

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