Last Updated: 22/11/2024

Transcriptional variation in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Objectives

To provide a comprehensive characterization of transcriptional variation in Plasmodium falciparum, based on highly accurate transcriptional analysis of isogenic parasite lines grown under homogeneous conditions.

Principal Institution

Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Spain
Institute for Research in Biomedicine Barcelona (IRB Barcelona), Spain
Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Spain

Principal Investigators / Focal Persons

Alfred Cortés

Partner Institutions

School of Biological Sciences (SBS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Project Outputs

Article: Transcriptional variation in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

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