Epigenetic Roulette in Blood Stream Plasmodium: Gambling on Sex

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Waters, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL FUNCTION; EPIGENETICS; GAMETOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE METHYLATION; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; SPOROZOITE; BLOOD; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY;

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM;

EID: 84959564110     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005353     Document Type: Review

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