Gametocytogenesis: The puberty of Plasmodium falciparum

Malaria Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Talman, Arthur M ^a,b   Domarle, Olivier ^a   McKenzie, F Ellis ^c   Ariey, Frédéric ^a   Robert, Vincent ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; GAMETOGENESIS; HOST; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOON; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 4844221831     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-3-24     Document Type: Review

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