Fine structure of Plasmodium falciparum subtelomeric sequences

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 253-258

  Pizzi, Elisabetta ^a   Frontali, Clara ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Plasmodium falciparum; Subtelomeric regions

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TELOMERE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0035662252     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00362-0     Document Type: Article

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