A toolbox facilitating stable transfection of Eimeria species

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-86

  Clark, Julie D ^a   Billington, Karen ^a   Bumstead, Janene M ^a   Oakes, Richard D ^a   Soon, Puay Eng ^a   Sopp, Paul ^a   Tomley, Fiona M ^a   Blake, Damer P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Chicken; Eimeria; Fluorescent reporter protein; Transfection

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; PYRIMETHAMINE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA TENELLA; ELECTROPORATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VIVO STUDY; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPOROZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; EIMERIA TENELLA; ELECTROPORATION; GENES, REPORTER; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; POULTRY DISEASES; PYRIMETHAMINE; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SPOROZOITES; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

APICOMPLEXA; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA TENELLA; GALLUS GALLUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 52049085011     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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