The progression of the intra-erythrocytic cell cycle of Plasmodium falciparum and the role of the centriolar plaques in asynchronous mitotic division during schizogony

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-80

  Arnot, David E ^a,b   Ronander, Elena ^a   Bengtsson, Dominique C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centriolar plaques; FISH; Mitosis; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CHROMOSOME; GENOME; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CENTRIOLE; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REPLICATION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; TELOMERE;

CELL DIVISION; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; ORGANELLES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 78650121473     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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