Physical mapping of a defect in Plasmodium falciparum male gametocytogenesis to an 800 kb segment of chromosome 12

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 343-346

  Guinet, Françoise ^a   Wellems, Thomas E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome mapping; Gametes; Gametocytes; Malaria

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME MAP; GAMETOCYTE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SHORT SURVEY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031455628     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00144-8     Document Type: Article

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