Polymorphism associated with the Schistosoma mansoni tetraspanin-2 gene

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1249-1252

  Cupit, Pauline M ^a   Steinauer, Michelle L ^b   Tonnessen, Bradley W ^a   Eric Agola, L ^c   Kinuthia, Joseph M ^c   Mwangi, Ibrahim N ^c   Mutuku, Martin W ^c   Mkoji, Gerald M ^c   Loker, Eric S ^a   Cunningham, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Genotype; Kozak sequence; Polymorphism; Schistosoma; Tetraspanin 2; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TETRASPANIN 2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN; GENE; GENOTYPE; INOCULATION; POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; VACCINATION; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DNA ISOLATION; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TETRASPANINS; VACCINES;

KENYA; KISUMU; NYANZA;

MUS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 80053386572     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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