Transformation of the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi and generation of a stable fluorescent line PcGFPCON

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Reece, Sarah E ^a   Thompson, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DNA MODIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; RODENT; SCHIZONT; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 53649099341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-183     Document Type: Article

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