Default pathway of var2csa switching and translational repression in plasmodium falciparum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Mok, Bobo W ^a,b   Ribacke, Ulf ^a,b   Rasti, Niloofar ^a,b   Kironde, Fred ^c   Chen, Qijun ^a,b   Nilsson, Peter ^d   Wahlgren, Mats ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RNA; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN-1; MESSENGER RNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; TUMOR PROTEIN; VAR2CSA PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CLONE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATOR GENE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CELL ADHESION; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONE CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENES, SWITCH; GENOME; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 44349118501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001982     Document Type: Article

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