Evidence of purifying selection on merozoite surface protein 8 (MSP8) and 10 (MSP10) in Plasmodium spp.

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 978-986

  Pacheco, M Andreína ^a   Elango, Alamelu P ^b   Rahman, Abir A ^b   Fisher, David ^a   Collins, William E ^c   Barnwell, John W ^c   Escalante, Ananias A ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor like domains; Malaria vaccine antigen; MSP 10; MSP 8; Negative selection; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 10; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 8; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ERYTHROCYTE; EXON; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MSP10 GENE; MSP8 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BAYES THEOREM; BINDING SITES; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MAMMALIA; PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIMATES;

EID: 84860355005     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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