Implication of a Plasmodium falciparum gene in the switch between asexual reproduction and gametocytogenesis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-160

  Gardiner, Donald L ^a   Dixon, Matthew W A ^a   Spielmann, Tobias ^a   Skinner Adams, Tina S ^a   Hawthorne, Paula L ^a   Ortega, Maria R ^a   Kemp, David J ^a   Trenholme, Katharine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromosome 9; Gametocytogenesis; Plasmodium falciparum; Transfection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; GAMETOCYTE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM GENE IMPLICATED IN GAMETOCYTOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 14744302426     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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