Alternative splicing of the Anopheles gambiae Dscam gene in diverse Plasmodium falciparum infections

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Smith, Paul H ^a   Mwangi, Jonathan M ^b   Afrane, Yaw A ^c   Yan, Guiyun ^d   Obbard, Darren J ^a   Ranford Cartwright, Lisa C ^b   Little, Tom J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; DOWN SYNDROME CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; DSCAM PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEEDING; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 79958061238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-156     Document Type: Article

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