POLYPEPTIDE USEFUL FOR THE PREPARATION OF ANTIMALARIAL VACCINES AND OF DIAGNOSTIC KITS FOR THE DETECTION OF MALARIAL AFFECTIONS

摘要

The peptides are based the CS protein of Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites and comprise the region I of the protein and a plurality of repetitive tetrapeptide units of CS protein linked to each other by a peptide bond between the tail proline of region I and the head asparagine of the first tetrapeptide as shown in the general formula:-