Genome-wide identification of genes upregulated at the onset of gametocytogenesis in Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 100-110

  Silvestrini, Francesco ^a   Bozdech, Zbynek ^b   Lanfrancotti, Alessandra ^a   Di Giulio, Eugenia ^a   Bultrini, Emanuele ^a   Picci, Leonardo ^a   DeRisi, Joseph L ^c   Pizzi, Elisabetta ^a   Alano, Pietro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gametocyte; Malaria; Microarray; Plasmodium; Sexual development

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGOMER;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA MICROARRAY; GAMETOCYTE; GAMETOCYTOGENESIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GERM CELLS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 22944459559     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2005.04.015     Document Type: Article

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