Developmental selection of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6691, 1998, Pages 392-395

  Chen, Qijun ^a,b   Fernandez, Victor ^a   Sundström, Annika ^a   Schlichtherle, Martha ^a   Datta, Santanu ^c   Hagblom, Per ^a   Wahlgren, Mats ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Astra Research Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 0032560859     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/28660     Document Type: Article

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