A Plasmodium berghei reference line that constitutively expresses GFP at a high level throughout the complete life cycle

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-33

  Franke Fayard, Blandine ^a   Trueman, Holly ^b   Ramesar, Jai ^a   Mendoza, Jacqui ^b   Van Der Keur, Maarten ^a   Van Der Linden, Reinier ^a   Sinden, Robert E ^b   Waters, Andrew P ^a   Janse, Chris J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DHFR TS; dihydrofolate reductase thymidylate synthase; EF 1 ; elongation factor 1 ; Flow cytometry; GFP; Green fluorescent protein; green fluorescent protein; hours post infection; hpi; Malaria; Plasmodium berghei

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAMETE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 2342530451     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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