Theileria annulata: Altered gene expression and clonal selection during continuous in vitro culture

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-133

  Sutherland, I A ^d   Shiels, B R ^b   Jackson, L ^a   Brown, D J ^a   Brown, C G D ^c   Preston, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Gene expression; Selection; Theileria annulata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CLONING; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEILERIA;

EID: 3643103779     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0056     Document Type: Article

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