Sex- and stage-specific reporter gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-151

  Eksi, Saliha ^a   Suri, Amreena ^a   Williamson, Kim C ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gametocytogenesis; Gene regulation; Malaria; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REPORTER GENE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM PARASITES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 50049099407     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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