Plasmodium falciparum culture: The benefits of shaking

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-65

  Allen, Richard J W ^a   Kirk, Kiaran ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Multiply infected erythrocytes; Shaking; Static; Synchronisation; Transfected parasites

Indexed keywords

SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRANSFECTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 71549139434     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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