Genetic complementation to identify DNA elements that influence complement resistance in Leishmania chagasi

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1058-1063

  Dahlin Laborde, R R ^a   Yu, T P ^a,b   Beetham, J K ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sygen International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

GENETIC ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; CYTOLYSIS; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PROMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; COSMIDS; CRICETINAE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MESOCRICETUS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SERIAL PASSAGE; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 28444434475     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-477R.1     Document Type: Article

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