In situ fluorescence visualization of transcription sites and genomic loci in blood stages of plasmodium falciparum

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 923, Issue , 2013, Pages 335-351

  Mancio Silva, Liliana ^a   Scherf, Artur ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Blood stages; BrUTP incorporation; DNA FISH; Fluorescence microscopy; Gene positioning; Immuno fluorescence; Immuno FISH; Nuclear organization; Nuclear periphery; Nuclear transcripts; Plasmodium falciparum; Quantitative analysis; RNA FISH; RNA DNA FISH; Transcription sites

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; HAPTEN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PARASITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84934441189     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-26-7_24     Document Type: Article

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