Transfection systems for Babesia bovis: A review of methods for the transient and stable expression of exogenous genes

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 167, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 205-215

  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

ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; PLASMID DNA; RAP1 PROTEIN;

BABESIA BOVIS; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HUMAN; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STABLE EXPRESSION; STABLE TRANSFECTION; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALS; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; TRANSFECTION;

BABESIA BOVIS;

EID: 74449083630     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.09.022     Document Type: Review

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