Evaluation of codon optimized recombinant plasmodium knowlesi merozoite surface protein-1(19) (pkMSP-1(19)) expressed in pichia pastoris

• Main Authors: Lau, Y.L., Cheong, F.W., Chin, L.C., Mahmud, R., Chen, Y., Fong, M.Y.
• Format: Article
• Published: The Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2014
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/15440/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Malaria causes high global mortality and morbidity annually. Plasmodium knowlesi has been recognised as the fifth human Plasmodium sp. and its infection is widely distributed in Southeast Asia. Merozoite surface protein-1(19) (MSP-1(19)) appears as a potential candidate for malaria blood stage vacci...