Production of plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in vitro

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 923, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-25

  Saliba, Kathryn Shaw ^a   Jacobs Lorena, Marcelo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Gametocyte; Multilayer Percoll gradient; Percoll sorbitol gradient; Plasmodium falciparum; Purification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE; GAMETOCYTE; GIEMSA STAIN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA CONTROL; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SCHIZONT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 84934439665     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-26-7_2     Document Type: Article

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