Regulation of antigenic variation in Plasmodium falciparum: Censoring freedom of expression?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 121-124

  Duffy, Michael F ^a   Reeder, John C ^b   Brown, Graham V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENETICS; MOLECULE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VAR GENE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0344837693     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(03)00003-5     Document Type: Review

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