Sexual development in plasmodium: Lessons from functional analyses

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Guttery, David S ^a   Holder, Anthony A ^b   Tewari, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA REPLICATION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; OOKINETE; PLASMODIUM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM; PROTEOMICS; REVERSE GENETICS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTOME; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84857493589     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002404     Document Type: Article

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