pTcINDEX: a stable tetracycline-regulated expression vector for Trypanosoma cruzi.

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Published in BMC Biotechnol on July 06, 2006

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Martin C Taylor1, John M Kelly

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1: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK. martin.c.taylor@lshtm.ac.uk

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