B-cell epitopes in NTS-DBL1α of PfEMP1 recognized by human antibodies in rosetting Plasmodium falciparum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Albrecht, Letusa ^a,d   Angeletti, Davide ^a   Moll, Kirsten ^a   Blomqvist, Karin ^a   Valentini, Davide ^a,b   D'Alexandri, Fabio Luiz ^c   Maurer, Markus ^a,b   Wahlgren, Mats ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; ROSETTE INHIBITORY ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CAMEROONIAN; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; ROSETTE FORMATION; SEROPREVALENCE; CELL ADHESION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CELL ADHESION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84914670146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113248     Document Type: Article

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