The Plasmodium falciparum protein Pfg27 is dispensable for gametocyte and gamete production, but contributes to cell integrity during gametocytogenesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-193

  Olivieri, Anna ^a,c   Camarda, Grazia ^a   Bertuccini, Lucia ^a   Van De Vegte Bolmer, Marga ^b   Luty, Adrian J F ^b   Sauerwein, Robert ^b   Alano, Pietro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,6 DIAMINO 1,2 DIHYDRO 2,2 DIMETHYL 1 [3 (2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXY)PROPOXY] 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; GANCICLOVIR; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN PFG27; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHROCYTE; GAMETE; GAMETOCYTE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GERM CELLS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFECTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 67650451143     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06762.x     Document Type: Article

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