Functional analysis of epigenetic regulation of tandem RhopH1/clag genes reveals a role in Plasmodium falciparum growth

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 378-390

  Comeaux, Christy A ^a   Coleman, Bradley I ^a   Bei, Amy K ^a   Whitehurst, Nicole ^a   Duraisingh, Manoj T ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLAG GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOPH1 GENE; WILD TYPE;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 79953882390     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07572.x     Document Type: Article

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