PfEMP3 and HRP1: co-expressed genes localized to chromosome 2 of Plasmodium falciparum.

doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90217-8

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PfEMP3 and HRP1: co-expressed genes localized to chromosome 2 of Plasmodium falciparum.

Gene - 24 Jun 1994

Pasloske B L, Baruch D I, Ma C, Taraschi T F, Gormley J A, Howard R J

Abstract excerpt

A malarial protein, Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 3 (PfEMP3), has been recently characterized as a high-molecular-mass component (approx. 315 kDa) localized to the erythrocyte membrane of knob-bearing (K+), cytoadherent (C+) mature stages of P. falciparum-parasitized erythroc...

Topics

Animals
Blotting, Southern
Chromosome Mapping
DNA, Protozoan
Erythrocyte Membrane
Genes, Protozoan
Phenotype
Plasmodium falciparum
Proteins
Protozoan Proteins
Histidine-Rich Glycoprotein

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