The antigenic switching network of Plasmodium falciparum and its implications for the immuno-epidemiology of malaria

Antigenic variation in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum involves sequential and mutually exclusive expression of members of the var multi-gene family and appears to follow a non-random pattern. In this study, using a detailed in vitro gene transcription analysis of the culture-adapte...

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Main Authors: Robert Noble, Zóe Christodoulou, Sue Kyes, Robert Pinches, Chris I Newbold, Mario Recker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2013-09-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/01074