Multiple var gene transcripts are expressed in Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes selected for adhesion

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 227-237

  Noviyanti, Rintis ^a,b   Brown, Graham V ^c   Wickham, Mark E ^a   Duffy, Michael F ^b,c   Cowman, Alan F ^a   Reeder, John C ^d  

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

^b EIJKMAN INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Cytoadherence; Malaria; PfEMP1; Plasmodium falciparum; Var genes

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE BAND 1 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALARIA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0034993512     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00266-3     Document Type: Article

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