Isolation, characterization and disruption of the casein kinase II alpha subunit gene of Leishmania chagasi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Bhatia, Ajay ^a,b   Sanyal, Ratna ^a   Paramchuk, Wendy ^a   Gedamu, Lashitew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele disruption; Casein kinase II; Homologous recombination; Leishmania

Indexed keywords

CASEIN KINASE II; HYGROMYCIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CASEIN KINASE II; CINNAMATES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYGROMYCIN B; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032077335     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00002-4     Document Type: Article

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