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Two alleles of the 175-kilodalton Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte binding antigen.
Molecular and biochemical parasitology - 1 Jul 1993
Ware L A, Kain K C, Lee Sim B K, Haynes J D, Baird J K, Lanar D E
Abstract excerpt
EBA-175, erythrocyte binding antigen 175, is a 175-kDa antigen of Plasmodium falciparum which has been shown to be involved in the recognition of erythrocytes by merozoites and may be involved in the process of erythrocyte invasion. Invasion of erythrocytes by Camp strain merozoites is inhibited by pre-treatment of red blood cells by EBA-175 from the heterologous strain, FCR-3. The sequence of the Camp strain has...
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