Stage specific expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen and DNA polymerase δ from Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-182

  Horrocks, Paul ^a   Jackson, Mandy ^a,b   Cheesman, Sandie ^a   White, John H ^a   Kilbey, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA polymerse ; Plasmodium falciparum; Proliferating cell nuclear antigen; Stage specific expression

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE DELTA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SCHIZONT; STAGING; TROPHOZOITE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030222032     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02657-6     Document Type: Article

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