Toward forward genetic screens in malaria-causing parasites using the piggyBac transposon

BMC Biology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Crabb, Brendan S ^a,b,c   de Koning Ward, Tania F ^d   Gilson, Paul R ^a,c  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EDITORIAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM;

EID: 79953185798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-9-21     Document Type: Note

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