Identification of gene features important for post-transcriptional regulation of Plasmodium falciparum invasion genes

• Main Author: Zhang, Wen Tao
• Other Authors: Peter Rainer Preiser
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39729
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Plasmodium falciparum which causes the most virulent form of human malaria is able to alter a repertoire of proteins steady state levels in order to switch from a sialic acid dependent to a sialic acid independent invasion pathway. The molecular basis of this switching mechanism is still unknown. Re...