Centromere plasmid: A new genetic tool for the study of Plasmodium falciparum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Iwanaga, Shiroh ^a   Kato, Tomomi ^a   Kaneko, Izumi ^a   Yuda, Masao ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR DIVISION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL DNA;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CENTROMERE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMIDS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSFECTION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84859154798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033326     Document Type: Article

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