A central role for P48/45 in malaria parasite male gamete fertility

Cell

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 153-164

  Van Dijk, Melissa R ^a   Janse, Chris J ^a   Thompson, Joanne ^a   Waters, Andrew P ^a   Braks, Joanna A M ^b   Dodemont, Huub J ^b   Stunnenberg, Henk G ^b   Van Gemert, Geert Jan ^c   Sauerwein, Robert W ^c   Eling, Wijnand ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALARIA; MALE FERTILITY; MOSQUITO; OOCYST; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; ZYGOTE;

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA;

EID: 17744374469     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00199-4     Document Type: Article

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