Compartmentalization of genes coding for immunodominant antigens to fragile chromosome ends leads to dispersed subtelomeric gene families and rapid gene evolution in Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 137-148

  Hernandez Rivas, Rosaura ^b   Hinterberg, Katherine ^a,b   Scherf, Artur ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosome translocation; Genes families; Plasmodium falciparum; Subtelomeric genes

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TELOMERE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029892854     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02618-7     Document Type: Article

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