Flow cytometry-assisted rapid isolation of recombinant Plasmodium berghei parasites exemplified by functional analysis of aquaglyceroporin

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 42, Issue 13-14, 2012, Pages 1185-1192

  Kenthirapalan, Sanketha ^a   Waters, Andrew P ^b   Matuschewski, Kai ^a,c   Kooij, Taco W A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Aquaglyceroporin; Cloning; Experimental genetics; Flow cytometry; Plasmodium berghei

Indexed keywords

AQUAGLYCEROPORIN;

CLONE; COLONIZATION; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALARIA; MEMBRANE; PARASITE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA; POPULATION GENETICS; RECOMBINATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIFE CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AQUAGLYCEROPORINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; MALARIA; MICE; MUTATION; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; HEXAPODA; MUS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 84870393896     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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