Control of gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-181

  Horrocks, Paul ^a   Dechering, Koen ^a,b   Lanzer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Plasmodium falciparum; Promoter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0032531316     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00110-8     Document Type: Article

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