title: Expression of the RESA gene in Plasmodium falciparum isolate FCR3 is prevented by a subtelomeric deletion.
abstract: We show here that the Plasmodium falciparum isolate FCR3 does not express the ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen (RESA). This is because the 5' end of the RESA gene has been inverted and partly deleted and a telomere has been added to it. We propose a model to explain these events.
authors.affiliation: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cappai
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: van Schravendijk
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Anders
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Cowman
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kemp
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics*; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D001483:Base Sequence; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D007446:Chromosome Inversion; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D005784:Gene Amplification; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D015800:Protozoan Proteins
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C050256:ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen (RESA), Plasmodium falciparum