Selective upregulation of a single distinctly structured var gene in chondroitin sulphate A-adhering Plasmodium falciparum involved in pregnancy-associated malaria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 179-191

  Salanti, Ali ^a,b   Staalsoe, Trine ^a,b   Lavstsen, Thomas ^a,b   Jensen, Anja T R ^a,b   Sowa, M P Kordai ^c   Arnot, David E ^c   Hviid, Lars ^a,b   Theander, Thor G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD36 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN VAR; PROTEIN VAR2CSA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE ADHESIVENESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CELL ADHESION; CHILD; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0038046769     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03570.x     Document Type: Article

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