Nuclear run-on analysis of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-212

  Schieck, Elise ^a   Pfahler, Judith M ^a   Sanchez, Cecilia P ^a   Lanzer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Malaria; Nuclear run on; var gene

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

AMANITINS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LUNG; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 34247492195     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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