abstract |
PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM PROTEASE, LOCATED IN THE MEROZOITES, HAVING A MOLECULAR MASS OF ABOUT 70000, AN ACOUSTIC ISOELECTRIC POINT, AND AN ENDOPEPTIDASE ACTIVITY, IN PARTICULAR ON THE -TLGK-X, -VLGK-X, VLGR-X SUBSTRATES; ITS METHOD OF ISOLATION; ITS USE AS A VACCINE AGAINST MALARIA; ANTIBODIES DIRECTED AGAINST THIS PROTEASE; AND USE OF THESE ANTIBODIES AS PURIFICATION OR DETECTION AGENTS OR AS MEDICAMENTS. |