The importance of reverse genetics in determining gene function in apicomplexan parasites

Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Soete, M ^a   Hettman, C ^a   Soldati, D ^a  

^a Im Neuenheimer Feld 282   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; ESTs; Gene expression; Plasmodinm; Reverse genetics; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL DNA;

APICOMPLEXA; BABESIOSIS; COCCIDIOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALARIA; NEOSPORA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SECRETORY GRANULE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

APICOMPLEXA; NEOSPORA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032779981     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s003118209900414x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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