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Chaperonin-like repeats in a 34-kDaPlasmodium berghei phosphoprotein

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Abbreviations

GGM :

Tripeptide of glycine glycine methionine

GGMP :

tetrapeptide of glycine glycine methionine proline

HSP :

heat-shock protein

mAb :

monoclonal antibody

Pbpp34 34-kDa:

Plasmodium berghei phosphoprotein

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  1. Alex van Belkum & Leen-Jan van Doorn

    Present address: Ziekenhuis Gijkzizigt, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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  1. Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Mark F. Wiser & Gregory J. Jennings

  2. Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Jean M. Lockyer

  3. Primate Center TNO, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

    Alex van Belkum & Leen-Jan van Doorn

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Wiser, M.F., Jennings, G.J., Lockyer, J.M. et al. Chaperonin-like repeats in a 34-kDaPlasmodium berghei phosphoprotein. Parasitol Res 81, 167–169 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00931625

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