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Next generation sequencing analysis of transcriptomes of Plasmodium falciparum male and female gametocytes

ABSTRACT: Investigation of overall expression level in Plasmodium falciparum male and female mature gametocytes, and detection of any transcriptional differences between male and female gametocytes. The Plasmodium falciparum parasite with green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression under the control of alpha tubulin II promoter facilitated the separation of male and female gametocyte. This engineered parasite strain in this study are further described in Miao J, Fan Q, Parker D, Li X, Li J, et al. (2013) Puf Mediates Translation Repression of Transmission-Blocking Vaccine Candidates in Malaria Parasites. PLoS Pathog 9(4): e1003268. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003268

ORGANISM(S): Plasmodium falciparum

PROVIDER: GSE77398 | GEO | 2016/01/30

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA310220

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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