Simultaneous transcription of duplicated var2csa gene copies in individual Plasmodium falciparum parasites

Genome Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Brolin, Kim J M ^a,b   Ribacke, Ulf ^a,b   Nilsson, Sandra ^a,b   Ankarklev, Johan ^b,c   Moll, Kirsten ^a,b   Wahlgren, Mats ^a,b   Chen, Qijun ^a,b,d,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF PATHOGEN BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; ANTIGEN PF332, PLASMODIUM; MESSENGER RNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; VAR2CSA PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ALLELE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION GENETICS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZYGOSITY; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; DUPLICATE GENE; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TROPHOZOITE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, DUPLICATE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TROPHOZOITES;

EID: 75349099613     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2009-10-10-r117     Document Type: Article

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