Stable transformation of pleomorphic bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 60-62

  MacGregor, Paula ^a   Rojas, Federico ^a   Dean, Samuel ^a,b   Matthews, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pleomorphic; Stumpy; Transfection; Trypanosoma brucei; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM FORM; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLOSSINIDAE; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM FORMS; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; STABLE TRANSFECTION; STABLE TRANSFORMATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

GLOSSINA (GENUS); MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

PLEOMORPHIC; STUMPY; TRANSFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOME;

GENOMIC INSTABILITY; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 84886931510     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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