A comparative study of the localization and membrane topology of members of the RIFIN, STEVOR and PfMC-2TM protein families in Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bachmann, Anna ^a   Scholz, Judith Anna Marie ^a   Janßen, Marthe ^a,b   Klinkert, Mo Quen ^a   Tannich, Egbert ^a   Bruchhaus, Iris ^a   Petter, Michaela ^c  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immune evasion; Membrane topology; PfMC 2TM; RIFIN; STEVOR; Variant surface antigens

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PFMC 2TM PROTEIN; PROTEIN VARIANT; RIFIN PROTEIN; STEVOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RIFIN PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; STEVOR ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84937026415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0784-2     Document Type: Article

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