Translational repression controls temporal expression of the Plasmodium berghei LCCL protein complex

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 38-42

  Saeed, Sadia ^a   Carter, Victoria ^a,b   Tremp, Annie Z ^a   Dessens, Johannes T ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystalloid; Malaria transmission; Transgenic parasite; Translational repression

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI LCCL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CRYSTALLOID; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOCYTE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; CULICIDAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 84878257093     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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