Sequence diversity and natural selection at domain I of the apical membrane antigen 1 among Indian <it>Plasmodium falciparum </it>populations

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The <it>Plasmodium falciparum </it>apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1) is a leading malaria vaccine candidate antigen. The complete AMA1 protein is comprised of three domains where domain I exhibits high sequence polymorphis...

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Main Authors: Kumar Ashwani, Dev Vas, Das Manoj K, Alam Mohammad T, Garg Sheena, Dash Aditya P, Sharma Yagya D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-11-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/6/1/154