Characterisation of the merozoite surface protein-2 promoter using stable and transient transfection in Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-156

  Wickham, Mark E ^a   Thompson, Jennifer K ^a   Cowman, Alan F ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chloramphenicol acetyl transferase; Heterologous gene expression; Merozoite; Plasmodium; Protein transport; Transfection

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; DNA TRANSFECTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

FELIS CATUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0038691942     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(03)00118-X     Document Type: Article

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