Intra-cluster recombination and var transcription switches in the antigenic variation of Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 107-116

  Deitsch, Kirk W ^a   Del Pinal, Amy ^a   Wellems, Thomas E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Chromatin; Cytoadherence; PfEMP1; recombination; var genes

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME 12; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENES, SWITCH; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0033062625     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00062-6     Document Type: Article

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