Expression of green fluorescent protein in Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 225-229

  VanWye, Jeffrey D ^a   Haldar, Kasturi ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GFP; Malaria; Transfection

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLASMIDS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030841781     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00059-5     Document Type: Article

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