Changes in var gene mRNA levels during erythrocytic development in two phenotypically distinct Plasm...
Changes in var gene mRNA levels during erythrocytic development in two phenotypically distinct Plasmodium falciparum parasites
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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The var multigene family encodes PfEMP1, which are expressed on the surface of infected erythrocytes and bind to various host endothelial receptors. Antigenic variation of PfEMP1 plays a key role in malaria pathogenesis, a process partially controlled at the level of var gene transcription. Transcriptional levels, throughout the intra-erythrocytic...
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Changes in var gene mRNA levels during erythrocytic development in two phenotypically distinct Plasmodium falciparum parasites
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1475-2875
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1475-2875
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10.1186/1475-2875-6-78
