Plasmodium gene regulation: far more to factor in

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 551-556

  Llinás, Manuel ^a   Deitsch, Kirk W ^b   Voss, Till S ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PLASMODIUM;

PLASMODIUM PARASITES;

EID: 55549108662     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2008.08.010     Document Type: Review

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