Visualisation of leishmania donovani fluorescent hybrids during early stage development in the sand fly vector

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Sadlova, Jovana ^a   Yeo, Matthew ^b   Seblova, Veronika ^a   Lewis, Michael D ^b   Mauricio, Isabel ^c   Volf, Petr ^a   Miles, Michael A ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Instututo de Higiene e Medicina Tropical   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYGROMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG RESISTANCE GENE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE; HYBRID; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LUTZOMYIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHLEBOTOMUS; PROGENY; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHODIDAE; TRANSGENICS; ANIMAL; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PSYCHODIDAE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 79957581543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019851     Document Type: Article

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