A mutant dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase from Leishmania major as a selectable marker in transfection experiments

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-133

  Arrebola, Rosalia ^a   Olmo, Asuncion ^a   Camacho, Ana ^a   Ruiz Pérez, Luis M ^a   González Pacanowska, Dolores ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dihydrofolate reductase thymidylate synthase mutant; Leishmania major; Selectable marker; Transfection

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 0030200024     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02649-7     Document Type: Article

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