Rapid tagging and integration of genes in Giardia intestinalis

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 142-145

  Gourguechon, Stéphane ^a   Cande, W Zacheus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA KINASE; CYCLIN B; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

GENE; GENE TARGETING; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; METABOLISM; NOTE;

CYCLIN B; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 78651519774     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00190-10     Document Type: Note

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