Melatonin signaling and its modulation of PfNF-YB transcription factor expression in Plasmodium falciparum

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 13704-13718

  Lima, Wânia Rezende ^a   Holder, Anthony A ^b   Garcia, Célia R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malaria; Melatonin; Plasmodium; Signaling modulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; MELATONIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN C FOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CCAAT BINDING FACTOR; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALARIA; MODULATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM PARASITES; VERTEBRATA;

CCAAT-BINDING FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84879937592     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140713704     Document Type: Review

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