A role for poly(dA)poly(dT) tracts in directing activity of the Plasmodium falciparum calmodulin gene promoter

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-189

  Polson, Hannah E J ^a,b   Blackman, Michael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Calmodulin; Plasmodium; Poly(dA)poly(dT); Promoter; Transcription; Transfection

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 17844384565     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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