Diversity of the var gene family of Indonesian Plasmodium falciparum isolates

BACKGROUND: The large polymorphic protein PfEMP1 is encoded by the var gene family. PfEMP1 has been shown to play an important role as cytoadherence ligand on the surface of infected erythrocytes and thereby contributes to the distinct pathogenesis of malaria. The study explored the diversity of the...

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Autores principales: Sulistyaningsih, Erma, Fitri, Loeki E, Löscher, Thomas, Berens-Riha, Nicole
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3614516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23446319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-80

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3614516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23446319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-80

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