Stable transfection of Acanthamoeba

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-244

  Yin, Jingwen ^a   Henney Jr , Henry R ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; CAT assay; promoter; transfection; ubiquitin; vector

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031008779     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-033     Document Type: Article

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