A study of var gene transcription in vitro using universal var gene primers

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-23

  Taylor, Helen M ^a   Kyes, Susan A ^a   Harris, David ^a,b   Kriek, Neline ^a   Newbold, Christopher I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malaria; Multigene family; PfEMP1; Plasmodium falciparum; Universal primers; Var genes

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033990672     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00159-0     Document Type: Article

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