Stable expression of a GFP-BSD fusion protein in Babesia bovis merozoites

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-297

  Suarez, Carlos E ^a,b   McElwain, Terry F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexan; Babesia bovis; Blasticidin; Blasticidin deaminase; Electroporation; Elongation factor 1 ; gfp bsd; Green fluorescent protein; Merozoites; Stable transfection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BLASTICIDIN; DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; EF 1ALPHA GENE; ELECTROPORATION; EPISOME; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUSION GENE; GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GROWTH RATE; MEROZOITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEROZOITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSIDE DEAMINASES; NUCLEOSIDES; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS;

EID: 58549118418     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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