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Antigenic drift in the ligand domain of Plasmodium vivax duffy binding protein confers resistance to inhibitory antibodies.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2004
VanBuskirk Kelley M, Cole-Tobian Jennifer L, Baisor Moses, Sevova Elitza S, Bockarie Moses, King Christopher L, Adams John H
Abstract excerpt
Interaction of the Duffy binding protein (DBP) with its erythrocyte receptor is critical for maintaining Plasmodium vivax blood-stage infections, making DBP an appealing vaccine candidate. The cysteine-rich region II is the ligand domain of DBP and a target of vaccine development. Interestingly, most of the allelic diversity observed in DBP is due to the high rate of nonsynonymous polymorphisms in this critical...
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