Transfection of plasmodium falciparum

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 923, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-98

  Rug, Melanie ^a   Maier, Alexander G ^a  

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Author keywords

Allelic replacement; Electroporation; Knockout; Negative selectable markers; Plasmodium falciparum; Positive selectable markers; Transfection; Vectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888132167     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-26-7_6     Document Type: Article

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