Negative selection of Plasmodium falciparum reveals targeted gene deletion by double crossover recombination

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-89

  Duraisingh, Manoj T ^a   Triglia, Tony ^a   Cowman, Alan F ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Recombination; Thymidine kinase; Transfection

Indexed keywords

4,6 DIAMINO 1,2 DIHYDRO 2,2 DIMETHYL 1 [3 (2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXY)PROPOXY] 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FLUCYTOSINE; GANCICLOVIR; THYMIDINE KINASE;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MALARIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PLASMID; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUCYTOSINE; GANCICLOVIR; GENE DELETION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; NUCLEOSIDE DEAMINASES; PLASMIDS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; THYMIDINE KINASE; TRIAZINES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0036162628     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00345-9     Document Type: Article

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