Replication of the Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast DNA initiates within the inverted repeat region

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-14

  Singh, Divya ^a   Chaubey, Sushma ^a   Habib, Saman ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Apicoplast; Inverted repeat; Plasmodium falciparum; Replication origin

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE LOCATION; INVERTED REPEAT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASTIDS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0037241820     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00251-7     Document Type: Article

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