What triggers the gametocyte pathway in Plasmodium falciparum? [1]

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 262-264

  Trager, William ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GAMETOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; LETTER; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 19444375350     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.04.005     Document Type: Letter

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