Multiple splice variants encode a novel adenylyl cyclase of possible plastid origin expressed in the sexual stage of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

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Published in J Biol Chem on March 31, 2003

Authors

David K Muhia1, Claire A Swales, Ursula Eckstein-Ludwig, Shweta Saran, Spencer D Polley, John M Kelly, Pauline Schaap, Sanjeev Krishna, David A Baker

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom.

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