Article
Plasmodium falciparum: restricted polymorphism of T cell epitopes of the circumsporozoite protein in Brazil.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Nov 1990
Yoshida N, Di Santi S M, Dutra A P, Nussenzweig R S, Nussenzweig V, Enea V
Abstract excerpt
We examined the extent of variation of the 3' region of the circumsporozoite gene among Plasmodium falciparum isolates through amplification of a selected DNA fragment followed by DNA sequencing. A total of 32 isolates were analyzed, of which 24 were from Amazon endemic areas in Brazil and 8 from widely separated geographical regions in the world. Among Brazilian isolates only 2 variants were detected: 19...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Base Sequence
- Brazil
- DNA, Protozoan
- Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
- Epitopes
- Genetic Variation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Plasmodium falciparum
