Article
Genetic diversity in the C-terminus of merozoite surface protein 1 among Plasmodium knowlesi isolates from Selangor and Sabah Borneo, Malaysia.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2017
Yap Nan Jiun, Goh Xiang Ting, Koehler Anson V, William Timothy, Yeo Tsin Wen, Vythilingam Indra, Gasser Robin B, Lim Yvonne A L
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium knowlesi, a malaria parasite of macaques, has emerged as an important parasite of humans. Despite the significance of P. knowlesi malaria in parts of Southeast Asia, very little is known about the genetic variation in this parasite. Our aim here was to explore sequence variation in a molecule called the 42kDa merozoite surface protein-1 (MSP-1), which is found on the surface of blood stages of...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- DNA, Protozoan
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Malaria
- Malaysia
- Merozoite Surface Protein 1
- Plasmodium knowlesi
- Sequence Analysis, DNA