Variable numbers of tandem repeats in plasmodium falciparum genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 268-278

  Tan, John C ^a   Tan, Asako ^a   Checkley, Lisa ^a   Honsa, Caroline M ^a   Ferdig, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Copy number; Intragenic tandem repeats; Malaria genomics; Plasmodium falciparum; Polymorphisms; Variable number tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; METABOLISM; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC LOCI; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RNA, MESSENGER; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM REICHENOWI;

EID: 77957601375     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-010-9381-8     Document Type: Article

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