Rapid isolation of single malaria parasite-infected red blood cells by cell sorting

Nature Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-146

  Miao, Jun ^a   Cui, Liwang ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SELECTION; CLONING; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALARIA; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; TROPHOZOITE;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SEPARATION; CENTRIFUGATION; ERYTHROCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 79551667131     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2010.185     Document Type: Article

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