Differential, Positional-Dependent Transcriptional Response of Antigenic Variation (var) Genes to Biological Stress in Plasmodium falciparum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Rosenberg, Elli ^a   Ben Shmuel, Amir ^a   Shalev, Oshrit ^a   Sinay, Rosa ^a   Cowman, Alan ^b   Pollack, Yaakov ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

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EID: 84856831308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006991     Document Type: Article

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