Genomic distribution and functional characterisation of two distinct and conserved Plasmodium falciparum var gene 5' flanking sequences

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-115

  Voss, Till S ^a   Thompson, Jennifer K ^b   Waterkeyn, Jacqui ^b   Felger, Ingrid ^a   Weiss, Niklaus ^a   Cowman, Alan F ^b   Beck, Hans Peter ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Malaria; PfEMP1; Plasmodium; Promoter; Transfection; Var Genes

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TROPHOZOITE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

FELIS CATUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034654231     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00176-6     Document Type: Article

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