The Plasmodium falciparum var gene transcription strategy at the onset of blood stage infection in a human volunteer

Parasitology International

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 478-480

  Wang, Christian W ^a   Hermsen, Cornelus C ^b   Sauerwein, Robert W ^b   Arnot, David E ^a,c   Theander, Thor G ^a   Lavstsen, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Ashworth Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Var gene

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 70349795728     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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