Colony Polymerase Chain Reaction of Stably Transfected Trypanosoma cruzi Grown on Solid Medium

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 111-114

  Dos Santos, Wagner G ^a,b   Metcheva, Ivelina ^a   Buck, Gregory A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Green Fluorescent Protein; Neomycin phosphotransferase; Stable transfection; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

KANAMYCIN KINASE; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; KANAMYCIN KINASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0041723004     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762000000100018     Document Type: Article

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