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Arnot, D.E. (2013). Cell Cycle Regulation in Plasmodium . In: Hommel, M., Kremsner, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Malaria. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8757-9_43-1

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