Data mining of the transcriptome of Plasmodium falciparum: The pentose phosphate pathway and ancillary processes

Malaria Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Bozdech, Zbynek ^a   Ginsburg, Hagai ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCARBOXYLASE; FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE KINASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RIBOSE 5 PHOSPHATE; THIAMINE; TRANSALDOLASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSKETOLASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GLYCOLYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; NAD; NADP; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 19344365153     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-4-17     Document Type: Article

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