Adaptation of signature-tagged mutagenesis for Toxoplasma gondii: A negative screening strategy to isolate genes that are essential in restrictive growth conditions

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-16

  Knoll, Laura J ^a   Furie, Gregg L ^a   Boothroyd, John C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Negative screen; Signature tagged mutagenesis; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLOXURIDINE; PYRIMIDINE;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; TISSUE CULTURE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0034901364     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00295-X     Document Type: Article

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