Population structuring of multi-copy, antigen-encoding genes in plasmodium falciparum

eLife

Volumn 2012, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Artzy Randrup, Yael ^a   Rorick, Mary M ^a   Day, Karen ^b   Chen, Donald ^b   Dobson, Andrew P ^c,d   Pascual, Mercedes ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNITY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY;

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84881524954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.00093     Document Type: Article

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