Investigating the function of Fc-specific binding of IgM to Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 mediating erythrocyte rosetting

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 819-831

  Stevenson, Liz ^a,b   Huda, Pie ^c   Jeppesen, Anine ^a,b   Laursen, Erik ^a,b   Rowe, J Alexandra ^d   Craig, Alister ^e   Streicher, Werner ^f,g   Barfod, Lea ^a,b   Hviid, Lars ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^g NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL INTERACTION; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; IMMUNE EVASION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84929517449     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12403     Document Type: Article

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