pRIBOTEX expression vector: A pTEX derivative for a rapid selection of Trypanosoma cruzi transfectants

Gene

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 71-76

  Martínez Calvillo, Santiago ^a   López, Imelda ^a   Hernández, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

DNA transfection; Electroporation; Rna polymerase I; Transcription; Trypanosome transformation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC G 418; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA TRANSFECTION; EPISOME; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROPORATION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GENTAMICINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0343416375     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00348-X     Document Type: Article

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