Molecular genetic transfection of the coccidian parasite Sarcocystis neurona

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Gaji, Rajshekhar Y ^a   Zhang, Deqing ^a   Breathnach, Cormac C ^a   Vaishnava, Shipra ^b   Striepen, Boris ^b   Howe, Daniel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Coccidia; Fluorescence activated cell sorting; Sarcocystis neurona; Stable transformation; Transfection

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; PYRIMETHAMINE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA TRANSFECTION; ELECTROPORATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SNSAG1 GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRANSGENE;

5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PYRIMETHAMINE; SARCOCYSTIS; TRANSFECTION; TRANSGENES;

APICOMPLEXA; COCCIDIA; EQUIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33748308699     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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