Strain-specific immunity may drive adaptive polymorphism in the merozoite surface protein 1 of the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi.

Cheesman, Sandra; Tanabe, Kazuyuki; Sawai, Hiromi; O'Mahony, Elaine; Carter, Richard

Cheesman, Sandra; Tanabe, Kazuyuki; Sawai, Hiromi; O'Mahony, Elaine; Carter, Richard.

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Cheesman S; Institute for Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, Ashworth Laboratories, The University of Edinburgh, The Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH93JT, UK. Sandy.Cheesman@ed.ac.uk

Infect Genet Evol ; 9(2): 248-55, 2009 Mar.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19121414

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Malaria/immunology; Merozoite Surface Protein 1/genetics; Plasmodium chabaudi/genetics; Plasmodium chabaudi/immunology; Polymorphism, Genetic; Animals; Genes, Mitochondrial; Genes, Protozoan; Malaria/genetics; Malaria/prevention & control; Merozoite Surface Protein 1/immunology; Mice; Phylogeny; Rats; Selection, Genetic; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Polymorphism, Genetic / Plasmodium chabaudi / Merozoite Surface Protein 1 / Malaria Type of study: Prognostic_studies Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Infect Genet Evol Journal subject: BIOLOGIA / DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS / GENETICA Year: 2009 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United kingdom

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