var gene transcription dynamics in Plasmodium falciparum patient isolates

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 74-83

  Blomqvist, Karin ^a,b   Normark, Johan ^a,b   Nilsson, Daniel ^a   Ribacke, Ulf ^a,b   Orikiriza, Judy ^c   Trillkott, Petter ^a,b   Byarugaba, Justus ^c   Egwang, Thomas G ^e   Kironde, Fred ^c,d   Andersson, Björn ^a   Wahlgren, Mats ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e Med Biotech Laboratories Uganda   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Q PCR; var genes

Indexed keywords

DUFFY BINDING LIKE DOMAIN ALPHA PROTEIN; DUFFY BINDING PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOMINANT GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES INVASION;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 74849103208     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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