Fine-scale genetic characterization of Plasmodium falciparum chromosome 7 encompassing the antigenic var and the drug-resistant pfcrt genes

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-64

  Bajaj, Ruchi ^a   Mohanty, Sujata ^b   Dash, A P ^a   Das, Aparup ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^b JAYPEE INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Evolutionary bioinformatics; Malaria; pfcrt; Plasmodium falciparum; var gene

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PFCRT PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 44149094837     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 00221333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12041-008-0008-4     Document Type: Article

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