The Apicomplexan AP2 family: Integral factors regulating Plasmodium development
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The Apicomplexan AP2 family: integral factors regulating Plasmodium development.
Malaria is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium and involves infection of multiple hosts and cell types during the course of an infection. To complete its complex life cycle the parasite requires strict control of gene regulation for survival and successful propagation. Thus far, the Apicomplexan AP2 (ApiAP2) family of DNA-binding proteins is the sole family of proteins to have...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0166-6851
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2010.11.014