New selectable markers and single crossover integration for the highly versatile Plasmodium knowlesi transfection system

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-104

  Wel, Annemarie V D ^a   Kocken, Clemens H M ^a   Pronk, Tamarah C ^a   Franke Fayard, Blandine ^b   Thomas, Alan W ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Malaria; Plasmodium knowlesi; Selectable marker; Transfection

Indexed keywords

BLASTICIDIN S; DEAMINASE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; GANCICLOVIR; KANAMYCIN KINASE; MARKER; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CROSSING OVER; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EPISOME; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WILD TYPE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI;

EID: 1642431667     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2003.10.019     Document Type: Article

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