A rapid and robust selection procedure for generating drug-selectable marker-free recombinant malaria parasites

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Manzoni, Giulia ^a,b,c   Briquet, Sylvie ^a,b,c   Risco Castillo, Veronica ^a,b,c   Gaultier, Charlotte ^a,b,c,e   Topçu, Selma ^a,b,c   Ivǎnescu, Maria Larisa ^a,b,c   Franetich, Jean François ^a,b,c   Hoareau Coudert, Bénédicte ^a   Mazier, Dominique ^a,b,c,d   Silvie, Olivier ^a,b,c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Assistance publique Hôpitaux de Paris   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; GENETIC MARKER;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; LIVER; LUMINESCENCE; MALARIA; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROCEDURES; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIVER; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MALARIA; MICE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84899051819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04760     Document Type: Article

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