Plasmodium falciparum: New vector with bi-directional promoter activity to stably express transgenes

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 88-91

  Fernandez Becerra, Carmen ^a   De Azevedo, Mauro F ^a   Yamamoto, Marcio M ^a   Del Portillo, Hernando A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; ELONGATION FACTOR 1; LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; EPISOME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; LUCIFERASES; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSGENES;

EID: 0038824667     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4894(03)00065-1     Document Type: Article

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