Expressed var genes are found in Plasmodium falciparum subtelomeric regions

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 604-611

  Hernandez Rivas, Rosaura ^a   Mattei, Denise ^a   Sterkers, Yvon ^a   Peterson, David S ^b   Wellems, Thomas E ^b   Scherf, Artur ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALARIA; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031038587     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.2.604     Document Type: Article

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