The origin and diversification of the merozoite surface protein 3 (msp3) multi-gene family in Plasmodium vivax and related parasites

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 172-184

  Rice, Benjamin L ^a   Acosta, Mónica M ^a   Pacheco, M Andreína ^a   Carlton, Jane M ^b   Barnwell, John W ^c   Escalante, Ananias A ^a,d  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homology; Merozoite surface protein 3; Multi gene family; Plasmodium; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 3, PLASMODIUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84901932009     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.013     Document Type: Article

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