THE NEW TRYPANOSOMATID GENETICS

被引:5
作者
BELLOFATTO, V
机构
[1] Vivian Bellofatto is at the Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021
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PARASITOLOGY TODAY | 1990年 / 6卷 / 09期
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10.1016/0169-4758(90)90260-B
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
The recent development of transfection systems for trypanosomatids has removed a major obstacle to research and provides an important tool for the biochemist, immunologist and molecular biologist. Obtaining expression of a foreign gene in a trypanosomatid has been difficult. In this review, Vivian Bellofatto describes the problems and pitfalls of the process and final successes achieved. © 1990.
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