Centromere plasmid: a new genetic tool for the study of Plasmodium falciparum.

The introduction of transgenes into Plasmodium falciparum, a highly virulent human malaria parasite, has been conducted either by single crossover recombination or by using episomal plasmids. However, these techniques remain insufficient because of the low transfection efficiency and the low frequen...

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Main Authors: Shiroh Iwanaga, Tomomi Kato, Izumi Kaneko, Masao Yuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3316556?pdf=render