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K W Deitsch1, M S Calderwood, T E Wellems

  • 1Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0425, USA.

Nature
|August 31, 2001
PubMed
まとめ

マラリアの寄生虫は,DNA合成中にほとんどの遺伝子を沈黙させます. この静止は,抗原の変異に不可欠な制御領域間の相互作用に依存しています.

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