Translational regulation during stage transitions in malaria parasites

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1342, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Cui, Liwang ^a   Lindner, Scott ^a   Miao, Jun ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gametocytes; Plasmodium; RNA binding protein; Sporozoites; Translation

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR 2ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA HELICASE; RNA HELICASE DOZI; RNA HELICASE PUF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GAMETOCYTE; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SALIVARY GLAND; SPOROZOITE; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITE; TRANSMISSION;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PARASITES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 84927799400     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12573     Document Type: Article

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