Title

Parasite development: Master regulator of sex.

Authors

Kåhrström, Christina Tobin

Abstract

The article cites a research study by B.F.C. Kafsack and colleagues, published March 10, 2014 in the online edition of the journal "Nature Reviews Microbiology," which identifies transcription factor AP2-G as a master regulator of gametocytogenesis. The life cycle of Plasmodium spp. involves several distinct developmental stages. Kafsack and colleagues found that transcript levels and gametocyte formation were positively linked in Plasmodium falciparum.

Subjects

TRANSCRIPTION factors; PLASMODIUM falciparum; PLASMODIIDAE; GERM cells; PROTEINS

Publication

Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2014, Vol 12, Issue 4, p233

ISSN

1740-1526

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1038/nrmicro3242