In vivo profiles in malaria are consistent with a novel physiological state

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Dyann Wirth et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009.

. 2009 Jul 7;106(27):E70; author reply E71-2.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.0904478106. Epub 2009 Jul 1.

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Statistical estimation of cell-cycle progression and lineage commitment in Plasmodium falciparum reveals a homogeneous pattern of transcription in ex vivo culture.
Lemieux JE, Gomez-Escobar N, Feller A, Carret C, Amambua-Ngwa A, Pinches R, Day F, Kyes SA, Conway DJ, Holmes CC, Newbold CI. Lemieux JE, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 May 5;106(18):7559-64. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0811829106. Epub 2009 Apr 17. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009. PMID: 19376968 Free PMC article.

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