Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte Development 1 (Pfgdv1) and Gametocytogenesis Early Gene Identification and Commitment to Sexual Development

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Eksi, Saliha ^a   Morahan, Belinda J ^a,b   Haile, Yoseph ^a   Furuya, Tetsuya ^b   Jiang, Hongying ^b   Ali, Omar ^a   Xu, Huichun ^c   Kiattibutr, Kirakorn ^d   Suri, Amreena ^a   Czesny, Beata ^a   Adeyemo, Adebowale ^c   Myers, Timothy G ^b   Sattabongkot, Jetsumon ^d   Su, Xin zhuan ^b   Williamson, Kim C ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GAMETOCYTE; GAMETOCYTOGENESIS; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PFGDV1 GENE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84868107919     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002964     Document Type: Article

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