Rapid activation of distinct members of multigene families in Plasmodium spp

• Main Authors: Omelianczyk, Radoslaw Igor, Loh, Han Ping, Chew, Marvin, Hoo, Regina, Baumgarten, Sebastian, Renia, Laurent, Chen, Jianzhu, Preiser, Peter Rainer
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences::Molecular biology; Plasmodium spp; Multigene Families
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143075
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The genomes of Plasmodium spp. encode a number of different multigene families that are thought to play a critical role for survival. However, with the exception of the P. falciparum var genes, very little is known about the biological roles of any of the other multigene families. Using the recently...