Transcriptional analysis of genes encoding enzymes of the folate pathway in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 179-190

  Nirmalan, Niroshini ^a   Wang, Ping ^a   Sims, Paul F G ^a   Hyde, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FOLIC ACID; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHATE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ERYTHROCYTES; FOLIC ACID; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PYRIMETHAMINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFADOXINE; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036034808     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03148.x     Document Type: Article

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