• Title of article

    Genetic variations of the Plasmodium vivax dihydropteroate synthase gene

  • Author/Authors

    Michela Menegon، نويسنده , , Giancarlo Majori، نويسنده , , Carlo Severini، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    196
  • To page
    199
  • Abstract
    Dihydropteroate synthase gene of Plasmodium vivax was recently identified. In the present study, the sequences of the dyhydropteroate synthase gene of 68 P. vivax isolates from various geographic areas were compared. Sequencing revealed limited polymorphism at codons 383 and 553 in all analyzed samples. Interstrain analysis showed several genotypic variations in the tandem repeats domain which produce length polymorphism between different parasite isolates.
  • Keywords
    malaria , Plasmodium vivax , Dihydropteroate synthase , polymorphism , Point mutations
  • Journal title
    Acta Tropica
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    Acta Tropica
  • Record number

    778362