Quantifying variation in the potential for antibody-mediated apparent competition among nine genotypes of the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue , 2013, Pages 270-275

  Fairlie Clarke, Karen J ^a   Allen, Judith E ^a   Read, Andrew F ^b   Graham, Andrea L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Cross reactivity; Mixed infection; Plasmodium chabaudi; Virulence evolution; Within host competition

Indexed keywords

APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INDUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MUS; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; RODENTIA;

ANTIBODY; CROSS-REACTIVITY; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; VIRULENCE EVOLUTION; WITHIN-HOST COMPETITION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOCYANIN; MALARIA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84885070747     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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