An amino terminal intron indicates that transcripts for the Plasmodium falciparum Golgi network marker Rab6 do not encode alternative amino termini

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 149-153

  Templeton, Thomas J ^a   Kaslow, David C ^a  

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

Author keywords

cDNA; Genome; Plasmodium; rab6H

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032128023     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00038-3     Document Type: Article

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