Differential changes in Plasmodium falciparum var transcription during adaptation to culture

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 748-755

  Peters, Jennifer M ^a,b   Fowler, Elizabeth V ^a,b,d   Krause, Darren R ^a,b   Cheng, Qin ^a,b   Gatton, Michelle L ^a,c,d  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DOWN REGULATION; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VAR GENE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33847039605     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511436     Document Type: Article

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