Improved negative selection protocol for Plasmodium berghei in the rodent malarial model

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Orr, Rachael Y ^a   Philip, Nisha ^a   Waters, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malaria; Negative selection; Plasmodium berghei; Selectable marker; Transfection

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUCYTOSINE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YFCU PROTEIN; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; URACIL PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TESTING REDUCTION; ANIMAL TESTING REFINEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PURIFYING SELECTION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLUCYTOSINE; MALARIA; MICE; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84859024383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-103     Document Type: Article

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