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. 2017 Jan 10;5:e2855. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2855

Table 1. Peptides used for IFN-γ testing.

Peptide Amino acid (sequence) Reference
Pre-erythrocytic antigens Circumsporozoite protein (CSP), peptide cs22 amino acid 378 to 392 (DIEKKICKMEKCSSV) Reece et al. (2004)
Liver Stage Antigen-1 (LSA-1), peptide T3 Amino acid 1813 to 1835 (HNENLDDLDGIEKSSEELSEEKIOH) Flanagan et al. (1999)
Thrombospodin-Related Adhesive Protein (TRAP), peptide tp6 Amino acid 51 to 70 (HLLMDCSGSIRRHNWVNHAVPOH) Flanagan et al., (1999)
Blood stage antigens Apical Membrane Antigen-1 (AMA-1), peptide PL171 aa 348 to 366, aa sequence DQPKQYEQHLTDYEKIKEG Lal et al. (1996), Udhayakumar et al. (2001)
MB2, a pool of two peptides:
MB1 Amino acid 191 to 199, (SVSSINTNL) Nguyen & James (2001)
MB2 Amino acid 119 to 127 (KPKKKYYEV) Nguyen & James (2001)
Merozoite Surface Protein-1 (MSP-1), pool of two peptides:
M1 Amino acid 20 to 39, (VTHESYQELVKKLEALEDAV) Parra et al. (2000)
M2 Amino acid 1467 to 1483, (GISYYEKVLAKYKDDLE) Udhayakumar et al. (1995)