
Strain-specific immunity may drive adaptive polymorphism in the merozoite surface protein 1 of the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi
Keywords: cytb; cytochrome b gene; coxI; cytochrome oxidase I gene; coxIII; cytochrome oxidase III gene; kDa; kilo Dalton; SSPI; strain-specific protective immunity; MSP-1; merozoite surface protein 1; msp1; gene encoding the merozoite surface protein 1; VB; variab