Article
Allelic diversity in the merozoite surface protein 1 gene of Plasmodium falciparum on Palawan Island, the Philippines.
Parasitology international - 1 Sept 2007
Sakihama Naoko, Nakamura Masatoshi, Palanca Antonio A, Argubano Renee A, Realon Ester P, Larracas Alan L, Espina Ronald L, Tanabe Kazuyuki
Abstract excerpt
Allelic diversity of the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 gene (msp1) is mainly generated by meiotic recombination at the mosquito stage. We investigated recombination-based allelic diversity of msp1 in a P. falciparum population from Palawan Island, the Philippines, where malaria transmission is moderate. We identified the 5' recombinant types, 3' sequence types and msp1 haplotypes (unique...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Genetic Variation
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Merozoite Surface Protein 1
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Philippines
