Kinase signalling in Plasmodium sexual stages and interventions to stop malaria transmission

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-32

  Morahan, Belinda ^a   Garcia Bustos, Jose ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drugs; Gametocytes; Kinases; Malaria; Plasmodium; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; GAMETOCYTE; MALARIA CONTROL; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

HEXAPODA;

ATOVAQUONE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PRIMAQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; PYRONARIDINE; PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84896697619     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2014.01.005     Document Type: Review

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