Transfection of the primate malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi using entirely heterologous constructs

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1499-1503

  Van Der Wel, Anna M ^a   Tomás, Ana M ^b,c   Kocken, Clemens H M ^a   Malhotra, Pawan ^d   Janse, Chris J ^b   Waters, Andrew P ^b   Thomas, Alan W ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Ctro Malaria Outras Doencas T   (Portugal)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; PYRIMETHAMINE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION; MACACA MULATTA; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PYRIMETHAMINE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031002513     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.185.8.1499     Document Type: Article

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