Changes in parasite virulence induced by the disruption of a single member of the 235 kDa rhoptry protein multigene family of plasmodium yoelii

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Bapat, Devaki ^a   Huang, Ximei ^a   Gunalan, Karthigayan ^a   Preiser, Peter R ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

235 KDA RHOPTRY PROTEIN; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RHOPTRY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PLASMODIUM YOELII INFECTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PY01365 GENE; SCHIZONT; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

PLASMODIUM YOELII; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79956315930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020170     Document Type: Article

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