From in vivo to in vitro: Dynamic analysis of plasmodium falciparum var gene expression patterns of patient isolates during adaptation to culture

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Qingfeng ^a   Zhang, Yilong ^a   Huang, Yufu ^b   Xue, Xiangyang ^a   Yan, He ^a   Sun, Xiaodong ^c   Wang, Jian ^c   McCutchan, Thomas F ^b   Pan, Weiqing ^a,b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD36 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DUFFY BINDING LIKE DOMAIN PROTEIN; DUFFY BINDING PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPSA VAR PROTEIN; UPSB VAR PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; MESSENGER RNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYANMAR; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOON CULTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPSA VAR GENE; UPSB VAR GENE; VAR GENE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN MOTIF;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CHILD; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958178533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020591     Document Type: Article

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