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A superfamily of variant genes encoded in the subtelomeric region of Plasmodium vivax.
- Source :
- Nature; 4/12/2001, Vol. 410 Issue 6830, p839, 4p, 6 Color Photographs, 15 Diagrams
- Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- Presents a study to investigate differences in pathogenicity between the parasites Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum. Comparison of the subtelomeric domains in the DNA of the parasites; Identification of a multigene family called vir, through the analysis of a continuous 155,711-base-pair sequence of a P. vivax chromosome end.
- Subjects :
- PARASITES
PLASMODIUM vivax
PLASMODIUM falciparum
DNA
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00280836
- Volume :
- 410
- Issue :
- 6830
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nature
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 4345434
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/35071118