A small-scale systematic analysis of alternative splicing in Plasmodium falciparum

Parasitology International

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-199

  Iriko, Hideyuki ^a,b   Jin, Ling ^a   Kaneko, Osamu ^c,d   Takeo, Satoru ^a   Han, Eun Taek ^a,e   Tachibana, Mayumi ^c   Otsuki, Hitoshi ^c   Torii, Motomi ^c   Tsuboi, Takafumi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Exon definition; Gametocyte; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GAMETOCYTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; EXON; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 67349229235     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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