Transcriptional memory and switching in the Plasmodium falciparum rif gene family

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-190

  Cabral, Fernanda Janku ^a   Wunderlich, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; RIFIN; Transcriptional memory

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN RIF; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CELL ADHESION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 70349267495     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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