Biolistic DNA vaccination against trypanosoma infection

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 940, Issue , 2013, Pages 305-315

  Bryan, Marianne ^a,b   Guyach, Siobhan ^a   Norris, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; DNA vaccination; Infection; Parasite; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; GOLD; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; C57BL MOUSE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLISTICS; CHAGAS DISEASE; GOLD; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VACCINATION; VACCINES, DNA;

MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84870547178     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-110-3_23     Document Type: Article

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