Specific expression and export of the Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte EXported Protein-5 marks the gametocyte ring stage

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-12

  Tibúrcio, Marta ^a,c   Dixon, Matthew W A ^b   Looker, Oliver ^b   Younis, Sumera Younis ^a,d   Tilley, Leann ^b   Alano, Pietro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromosome 9; Commitment; Early gametocyte marker; Exported protein; Gametocyte; Plasmodium; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

GAMETOCYTE EXPORTED PROTEIN 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMETOCYTE; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; WILD TYPE; CYTOPLASM; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CYTOPLASM; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84940532392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0853-6     Document Type: Article

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