Transfection of rodent malaria parasites

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 923, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-125

  Philip, Nisha ^a   Orr, Rachael ^a   Waters, Andrew P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Artificial chromosome; Episomes; Forward genetics; Plasmodium berghei; Promoter swap; Reverse genetics; Selectable markers; Transfection

Indexed keywords

4,6 DIAMINO 1,2 DIHYDRO 2,2 DIMETHYL 1 [3 (2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXY)PROPOXY] 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; DRINKING WATER; FLUCYTOSINE; GENOMIC DNA; PHENYLHYDRAZINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RECOMBINASE; TAP WATER; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CRYOPRESERVATION; DENSITY GRADIENT; DHFR GENE; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ELECTROPORATION; EPISOMAL TRANSFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ESSENTIAL GENE; FEMALE; FOLATE METABOLISM; GAMETE; GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INDEL MUTATION; LIFE CYCLE; MEROZOITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PURIFYING SELECTION; REVERSE GENETICS; SCHIZONT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOXICITY; TRANSPOSON; TROPHOZOITE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84934435614     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-26-7_7     Document Type: Article

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