Systematic genetic analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum MSP7-like family reveals differences in protein expression, location, and importance in asexual growth of the blood-stage parasite

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1064-1074

  Kadekoppala, Madhusudan ^a   Ogun, Solabomi A ^a   Howell, Steven ^a   Gunaratne, Ruwani S ^a   Holder, Anthony A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 7, PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; LIFE CYCLE STAGE;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 77956829803     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00048-10     Document Type: Article

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