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Evidence for intragenic recombination in Plasmodium falciparum: identification of a novel allele family in block 2 of merozoite surface protein-1: Asembo Bay Area Cohort Project XIV.
Molecular and biochemical parasitology - 1 Jan 2000
Takala Shannon, Branch OraLee, Escalante Ananias A, Kariuki Simon, Wootton John, Lal Altaf A
Abstract excerpt
We have investigated intragenic recombination in Block 2 of the merozoite surface protein-1 (MSP-1), where three allele-specific families: K1, Mad20, and RO33 were previously known. Using parasites from western Kenya, we have found a fourth Block 2 allele type, which is a recombinant between Mad20 and RO33 alleles. These recombinant alleles, which we have termed MR, contain sequence from the 5' region of Mad20...
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