Sequence polymorphism, segmental recombination and toggling amino acid residues within the DBL3X domain of the VAR2CSA placental malaria antigen

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Talundzic, Eldin ^a   Shah, Sheel ^a   Fawole, Ope ^a   Owino, Simon ^a   Moore, Julie M ^a   Peterson, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN DBL3X; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINO ACID; PARASITE ANTIGEN; VAR2CSA PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KENYA; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; KENYA; PLACENTA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84863393133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031565     Document Type: Article

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