Sequence diversity in the intron, flanking sequences and coding region of the DNA polymerase alpha gene of Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  De Vries, Erik ^a   Stam, Jeanette G ^a   Zijlstra, Natasha M ^a   Overdulve, J Prosper ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asparagine cluster; DNA polymerase ; Malaria; Peptide repeat; Plasmodium falciparum; Sequence variation

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA;

GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 18144451276     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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