P. Berghei telomerase subunit TERT is essential for parasite survival

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Religa, Agnieszka A ^a   Ramesar, Jai ^b   Janse, Chris J ^b   Scherf, Artur ^c   Waters, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE INHIBITOR; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA; TELOMERASE RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONING; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; TELOMERE; WESTERN BLOTTING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE DELETION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITES; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 84907552050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108930     Document Type: Article

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