A var gene promoter implicated in severe malaria nucleates silencing and is regulated by 3' untranslated region and intronic cis-elements.

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Published in Int J Parasitol on May 20, 2009

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Rebecca A Muhle1, Sophie Adjalley, Brie Falkard, Louis J Nkrumah, Michael E Muhle, David A Fidock

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1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.

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