Genomic organisation and chromatin structure of Plasmodium falciparum chromosome ends

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 169-174

  Figueiredo, Luisa M ^a   Pirritt, Lindsay Ann ^a,b   Scherf, Artur ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Chromosome ends; Plasmodium falciparum; Subtelomeric regions; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TARGETING; GENOME; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELOMERE;

ADENINE; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELOMERE; THYMIDINE;

EID: 0033972531     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00199-1     Document Type: Article

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