Evidence of cross-contamination among laboratory lines of Plasmodium berghei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 143-147

  Saul, Allan ^b   Prescott, Nicole ^b   Smith, Felicia ^b   Cheng, Qin ^b   Walliker, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

apical membrane antigen 1; genetic heterogeneity; merozoite surface protein 1; Plasmodium berghei

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ARTICLE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031040199     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02779-X     Document Type: Article

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