Sex in Plasmodium: a sign of commitment

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 168-175

  Dixon, Matthew W A ^a   Thompson, Joanne ^b   Gardiner, Donald L ^a   Trenholme, Katharine R ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Ashworth Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GAMETOCYTE; MATING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPOROZOITES;

EID: 41349123227     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2008.01.004     Document Type: Review

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