Genomics and integrated systems biology in Plasmodium falciparum: A path to malaria control and eradication

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 50-60

  Le Roch, K G ^a   Chung, D W D ^a   Ponts, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Genomics; Malaria; Proteomics; Systems biology; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA;

APICOPLAST; AT RICH SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MITOCHONDRION; NEXT GENERATION GENE SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEOMICS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84857008287     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2011.01340.x     Document Type: Review

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