Functional analysis of sirtuin genes in multiple Plasmodium falciparum strains.

Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of severe human malaria, employs antigenic variation to avoid host immunity. Antigenic variation is achieved by transcriptional switching amongst polymorphic var genes, enforced by epigenetic modification of chromatin. The histone-modifying 'sirtuin�...

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Main Authors: Catherine J Merrick, Rays H Y Jiang, Kristen M Skillman, Upeka Samarakoon, Rachel M Moore, Ron Dzikowski, Michael T Ferdig, Manoj T Duraisingh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4364008?pdf=render