What does MSP stand for?

Merozoite Surface Protein

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Samples in periodicals archive:

To exclude cases of reinfection from analysis, parasite variants were identified by using nested PCR amplification of 3 polymorphic genes for merozoite surface protein 1 (msp1), msp2, and glutamate-rich protein (7).

Declining artesunate-mefloquine efficacy against falciparum malaria ...

Malaria vaccine development: Genotyping Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 6 in the Peruvian Amazon.

Biological Sciences poster abstracts

The protein is called malaria merozoite surface protein 3, or MSP3.

New malaria vaccine is off to promising start

falciparum genetic diversity was investigated by using msp1 and msp2 encoding highly polymorphic loci from merozoite surface protein genes.

Malaria epidemic and drug resistance, Djibouti

Malaria Vaccine Program GTC's third proprietary program is developing a therapeutic malaria vaccine that uses as an antigen the difficult-to-express merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-1).

GTC Biotherapeutics Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2003 ...