A recombinant baculovirus 42-kilodalton C-terminal fragment of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 protects Aotus monkeys against malaria

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 253-261

  Chang, Sandra P ^a   Case, Stephen E ^a   Gosnell, William L ^a   Hashimoto, Ann ^a   Kramer, Kenton J ^a   Tam, Leslie Q ^a   Hashiro, Carole Q ^a   Nikaido, Caryn M ^a   Gibson, Helen L ^b,c   Lee Ng, Chun T ^b   Barr, Philip J ^b,c   Yokota, Brent T ^a   Hui, George S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c LXR Biotechnology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MALARIA VACCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; VIRUS RECOMBINATION;

EID: 9044237688     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.1.253-261.1996     Document Type: Article

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