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Var gene transcription dynamics in Plasmodium falciparum patient isolates

Author(s): 
Karin Blomqvist, Johan Normarka, Daniel Nilsson, Ulf Ribacke, Judy Orikiriza, Petter Trillkott, Justus Byarugaba, Thomas G. Egwang, Fred Kironde, Björn Andersson and Mats Wahlgren
Reference: 
Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, Volume 170, Issue 2, April 2010, Pages 74-83
Contact email: 
mats.wahlgren@ki.se

The work presented here suggests that trophozoite pRBC is likely to be the optimal source of RNA for predicting the translated var gene species.

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