Plasmid Vectors and Molecular Building Blocks for the Development of Genetic Manipulation Tools for Trypanosoma cruzi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Bouvier, León A ^a   Cámara, María de los Milagros ^a   Canepa, Gaspar E ^a   Miranda, Mariana R ^a   Pereira, Claudio A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS ALFREDO LANARI   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID VECTOR; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; EPIMASTIGOTE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; BIOLOGY; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; PLASMID; PROCEDURES;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; PLASMIDS; TRANSFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84886242294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080217     Document Type: Article

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