Deletion mutagenesis of large areas in Plasmodium falciparum genes: A comparative study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Williams, Marni ^a   Louw, Abraham I ^a   Birkholtz, Lyn Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PYRIDOXAL KINASE; PROTOZOAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MALARIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; ANIMAL; GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; ANIMALS; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE DELETION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MUTAGENESIS; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRIDOXAL KINASE;

EID: 34250170787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-64     Document Type: Article

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