New synchronization method for Plasmodium falciparum

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ranford Cartwright, Lisa C ^a   Sinha, Abhinav ^a   Humphreys, Georgina S ^a   Mwangi, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; PLASMION; GELATIN; MITOGENIC AGENT; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE;

ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; IN VITRO STUDY; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHIZONT; TROPHOZOITE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ERYTHROCYTE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CONCANAVALIN A; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ERYTHROCYTES; GELATIN; MITOGENS; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHIZONTS; TROPHOZOITES;

EID: 77953563062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-170     Document Type: Article

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