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. 1990 Jun;10(6):3243-6.
doi: 10.1128/mcb.10.6.3243-3246.1990.

A and T homopolymeric stretches mediate a DNA inversion in Plasmodium falciparum which results in loss of gene expression

L G Pologe  1 , D de Bruin, J V Ravetch
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A and T homopolymeric stretches mediate a DNA inversion in Plasmodium falciparum which results in loss of gene expression

L G Pologe et al. Mol Cell Biol. 1990 Jun.

Abstract

Ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen-negative isolates of Plasmodium falciparum demonstrate a complex DNA rearrangement with inversion of 5' coding sequences, deletion of upstream and flanking sequences, and healing of the truncated chromosome by telomere addition. An inversion intermediate that results in the telomeric gene structure for RESA has been identified in the pathway. This inversion creates a mitotically stable substrate for the sequence-specific addition of telomere repeats at the deletion breakpoint.

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