Transcription status of vaccine candidate genes of Plasmodium falciparum during the hepatic phase of its life cycle

Parasitology Research

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 449-452

  Bodescot, Myriam ^a   Silvie, Olivier ^a   Siau, Anthony ^a   Refour, Philippe ^a   Pino, Paco ^a   Franetich, Jean François ^a   Hannoun, Laurent ^b   Sauerwein, Robert ^c   Mazier, Dominique ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIFE CYCLE; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SPOROZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HEPATOCYTES; MALARIA VACCINES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 2442645030     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-1061-9     Document Type: Article

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