Genes coding for tryptophan-rich proteins are transcribed throughout the asexual cycle of Plasmodium falciparum

Parasitology Research

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 347-353

  Ntumngia, Francis B ^a   Bahamontes Rosa, Noemi ^a   Kun, Jürgen F J ^a  

^a Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Malaria; Multigene family; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Pseudogene; Tryptophan rich protein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIGEN; DNA; LYSINE; PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TRYPTOPHAN;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 23244455909     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1398-3     Document Type: Article

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