G418, phleomycin and hygromycin selection of recombinant Trypanosoma brucei parasites refractory to long-term in vitro culture

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-94

  Uzureau, Pierrick ^a   Felu, Cécile ^a   De Muylder, Géraldine ^a   Pays, Etienne ^a   Vanhamme, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

In vivo selection; Pleomorphic strain; Transfection; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Indexed keywords

4,6 DIAMINO 1,2 DIHYDRO 2,2 DIMETHYL 1 [3 (2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXY)PROPOXY] 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; ANTIBIOTIC G 418; CAFFEINE; HYGROMYCIN; PHLEOMYCIN; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EDITING; RNA SPLICING; TREATMENT DURATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; WILD TYPE;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 34249930023     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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