Phenotypic switching and var gene transcription in Plasmodium falciparum

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 531, Issue , 2003, Pages 149-159

  Noviyanti, Rintis ^a   Brown, Graham V ^b  

^a EIJKMAN INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGENICITY; BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; CELL POPULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; MALARIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOZOITE; VAR GENE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0041382953     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0059-9_11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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