Discovery of GAMA, a Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Micronemal Protein, as a Novel Blood-Stage Vaccine Candidate Antigen

Thangavelu U Arumugam; Satoru Takeo; Tsutomu Yamasaki; Amporn Thonkukiatkul; Kazutoyo Miura; Hitoshi Otsuki; Hong Zhou; Carole A Long; Jetsumon Sattabongkot; Jennifer Thompson; Danny W Wilson; James G Beeson; Julie Healer; Brendan S Crabb; Alan F Cowman; Motomi Torii; Takafumi Tsuboi

Journal article

Discovery of GAMA, a Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Micronemal Protein, as a Novel Blood-Stage Vaccine Candidate Antigen

Thangavelu U Arumugam, Satoru Takeo, Tsutomu Yamasaki, Amporn Thonkukiatkul, Kazutoyo Miura, Hitoshi Otsuki, Hong Zhou, Carole A Long, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Jennifer Thompson, Danny W Wilson, James G Beeson, Julie Healer, Brendan S Crabb, Alan F Cowman, Motomi Torii, Takafumi Tsuboi

Infect. Immun. | AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY | Published : 2011

DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05412-11

University of Melbourne Researchers

Brendan Crabb Author Microbiology and Immunology

Alan Cowman Author Medical Biology (W.E.H.I.)

Julie Healer Author Medical Biology (W.E.H.I.)

James Beeson Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Grants

Awarded by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Awarded by Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, Japan

Funding Acknowledgements

This research was supported in part by grants from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (21249028, 21022034, 23406007, and 23117008), and from the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, Japan (H21-Chikyukibo-ippan-005). This study was supported in part by the intramural program of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH, and the GIA Reference Center is supported by the PATH/Malaria Vaccine Initiative.