Antisense long noncoding RNAs regulate var gene activation in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2015, Pages E982-E991

  Amit Avraham, Inbar ^a   Pozner, Guy ^a   Eshar, Shiri ^a   Fastman, Yair ^a   Kolevzon, Netanel ^a   Yavin, Eylon ^a   Dzikowski, Ron ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Exclusive expression; Malaria; Noncoding RNA; Plasmodium falciparum; Var genes

Indexed keywords

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GROWTH CURVE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTRON; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEMORY; MOLECULE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, LONG NONCODING; RNA, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 84924139017     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1420855112     Document Type: Article

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