Comparative transcriptional and genomic analysis of Plasmodium falciparum field isolates.

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Published in PLoS Pathog on October 30, 2009

Authors

Margaret J Mackinnon1, Jinguang Li, Sachel Mok, Moses M Kortok, Kevin Marsh, Peter R Preiser, Zbynek Bozdech

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1: KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya. Mmackinnon@kilifi.kemri-wellcome.org

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