Transcriptional profiling defines dynamics of parasite tissue sequestration during malaria infection

Genome Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Pelle, Karell G ^a   Oh, Keunyoung ^a   Buchholz, Kathrin ^a   Narasimhan, Vagheesh ^a   Joice, Regina ^a   Milner, Danny A ^a,b   Brancucci, Nicolas MB ^a,c   Ma, Siyuan ^a   Voss, Till S ^c   Ketman, Ken ^d   Seydel, Karl B ^e,f   Taylor, Terrie E ^e,f   Barteneva, Natasha S ^d,g   Huttenhower, Curtis ^a,h   Marti, Matthias ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MATURATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; GAMETOCYTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFANT; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84924341235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13073-015-0133-7     Document Type: Article

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