Dynamic Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression during the Life Cycle of Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Gupta, Archna P ^a   Chin, Wai Hoe ^a   Zhu, Lei ^a   Mok, Sachel ^a   Luah, Yen Hoon ^a   Lim, Eng How ^a   Bozdech, Zbynek ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN; GLUTAREDOXIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIFE CYCLE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HISTONES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84880964724     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003170     Document Type: Article

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