Sequencing the genome of Plasmodium falciparum

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 531-534

  Carucci, Daniel J ^a   Gardner, Malcolm J ^b   Tettelin, Hervé ^b   Cummings, Leda M ^b   Smith, Hamilton O ^b   Adams, Mark D ^b   Venter, J Craig ^b   Hoffman, Stephen L ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; MALARIA VACCINE;

CHROMOSOME 2; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG TARGETING; GENOME; MALARIA; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031739375     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-199810000-00003     Document Type: Review

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