An unexpected 5' untranslated intron in the P. falciparum genes for histidine-rich proteins II and III

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-251

  Sullivan Jr , David J ^a   Ayala, Youhna M ^a   Goldberg, Daniel E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5' untranslated intron; histidine rich protein; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA SPLICING; RNA, PROTOZOAN;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030596210     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02768-5     Document Type: Article

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