Plasmodium falciparum: Gelatin enrichment selects for parasites with full-length chromosome 2. Implications for cytoadhesion assays

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-118

  Waterkeyn, Jacqueline G ^a   Cowman, Alan F ^a   Cooke, Brian M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL ADHESION; CHROMOSOME 2; CULTURE MEDIUM; ERYTHROCYTE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034781065     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.2000.4593     Document Type: Article

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