Escherichia coli β-galactosidase as an in vitro and in vivo reporter enzyme and stable transfection marker in the intracellular protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

Gene

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-45

  Seeber, Frank ^a   Boothroyd, John C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Genetic transformation; Heterologous lacZ expression; Histochemical detection; Promoter; Recombinant DNA

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0029670076     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00786-5     Document Type: Article

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