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| Title |
Variant surface antigens of malaria parasites: functional and evolutionary insights from comparative gene family classification and analysis
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| Published in |
BMC Genomics, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2164-14-427 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Christian Frech, Nansheng Chen |
| Abstract |
Plasmodium parasites, the causative agents of malaria, express many variant antigens on cell surfaces. Variant surface antigens (VSAs) are typically organized into large subtelomeric gene families that play critical roles in virulence and immune evasion. Many important aspects of VSA function and evolution remain obscure, impeding our understanding of virulence mechanisms and vaccine development. To gain further insights into VSA function and evolution, we comparatively classified and examined known VSA gene families across seven Plasmodium species. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 2 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 123 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 117 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 29 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 26 | 21% |
| Researcher | 17 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 20 | 16% |
| Unknown | 18 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 47 | 38% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 20 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 9 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 9 | 7% |
| Unknown | 23 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 November 2016.
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#3,316
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#58
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