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Fig. 1 | Parasites & Vectors

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From: Genetic diversity of merozoite surface protein-1 C-terminal 42 kDa of Plasmodium falciparum (PfMSP-142) may be greater than previously known in global isolates

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Schematic structure of PfMSP1. PfMSP1 is a large precursor protein that cleaved into four polypeptides (83, 30, 38 and 42 kDa). The 42 kDa fragment (MSP-142) is further cleaved into 33 kDa (MSP-133) and 19 kDa (MSP-119) fragments when merozoite invades erythrocyte. In this study, the full-length PfMSP-142 fragment flanking nucleotide positions from 3915 to 5163 in 3D7 sequence (XM_001352134) was amplified by a nested PCR. The numbers of nucleotide indicate coordinates according to the 3D7 sequence (XM_001352134)

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