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Characterization of the metacaspase 1 gene in Plasmodium vivax field isolates from southern Iran and Italian imported cases.
Acta tropica - 1 Jul 2011
Rezanezhad H, Menegon M, Sarkari B, Hatam G R, Severini C
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium vivax is still the more prevalent human Plasmodium outside Africa and despite this fact, there is still a deep lack of knowledge on its biology. Metacaspases are cysteine proteases related to metazoan caspases, involved in programmed cell death. Here, we have characterized the P. vivax metacaspase 1 gene in a total of 63 vivax isolates, 32 isolates collected in southern Iran and 31 Italian imported...
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