Expansion of experimental genetics approaches for Plasmodium berghei with versatile transfection vectors

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-26

  Kooij, Taco W A ^a   Rauch, Manuel M ^a   Matuschewski, Kai ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Experimental genetics; Fluorescent tagging; Gene deletion; Plasmodium berghei; Transgene expression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SYNTENY; TRANSFECTION; TRANSGENES;

APICOMPLEXA; MURINAE; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 84864278764     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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