Plasmodium falciparum: Ribosomal P2 protein gene expression is independent of the developmentally regulated rRNAs

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 125-128

  Fidock, David A ^a,b   Nguyen, Thanh V ^a   Dodemont, Huub J ^c   Eling, Wijnand M ^c   James, Anthony A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TROPHOZOITE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0032077641     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4262     Document Type: Article

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