Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Genome-wide real-time in vivo transcriptional dynamics during Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage development

  • Heather J. Painter,
  • Neo Christopher Chung,
  • Aswathy Sebastian,
  • Istvan Albert,
  • John D. Storey,
  • Manuel Llinás

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04966-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Transcriptomic analysis often doesn’t differentiate between newly synthesized and stabilized mRNAs. Using rapid 4-thiouracil incorporation, Painter et al. here define genome-wide active transcription throughout Plasmodium blood-stage developmental stages and identify associated regulatory DNA sequence motifs.