A view on the role of epigenetics in the biology of malaria parasites.

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Published in PLoS Pathog on December 13, 2012

Authors

Alfred Cortés1, Valerie M Crowley, Alejandro Vaquero, Till S Voss

Author Affiliations

1: Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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