Differential antibody recognition of FC27-like Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein MSP2 antigens which lack 12 amino acid repeats

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 411-420

  Ranford Cartwright, Lisa C ^a   Taylor, Rachel R ^a   Asgari Jirhandeh, Nima ^a   Smith, Donald B ^a   Roberts, Paul E ^a   Robinson, V Jane ^a   Babiker, Hamza A ^a   Riley, Eleanor M ^a   Walliker, David ^a   Mcbride, Jana S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody reponse; Malaria; MSP2; Plasmodium falciparum; Repetitive epitope

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GAMBIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA;

EID: 8944254692     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1996.d01-137.x     Document Type: Article

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