A var gene upstream element controls protein synthesis at the level of translation initiation in Plasmodium falciparum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Brancucci, Nicolas M B ^a,b   Witmer, Kathrin ^a,b   Schmid, Christoph ^a,b   Voss, Till S ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; VAR GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PARASITOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84903289149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100183     Document Type: Article

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