Stable expression of a new chimeric fluorescent reporter in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2328-2332

  Kadekoppala, Madhusudan ^a   Kline, Kimberly ^a   Akompong, Thomas ^a   Haldar, Kasturi ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; MALARIA VACCINE; METHOTREXATE;

ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MALARIA; PLASMID; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DRUG RESISTANCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; METHOTREXATE; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0034116074     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.4.2328-2332.2000     Document Type: Article

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