Introducing antisense oligodeoxynucleotides into Paramecium via electroporation

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 582-588

  Fraga, Dean ^a,d   Yano, Junji ^b   Reed, Michael W ^c   Chuang, Rosa ^a,e   Bell, Wade ^b   Van Houten, Judith L ^b   Hinrichsen, Robert ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c Epoch Pharmaceutical Inc   (United States)

^d 931 College Mall   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium dependent K+ channel; Calcium dependent Na+ channel; Calmodulin; Cholesterol linked oligodeoxynucleotides; Hexanol linked oligodeoxynucleotides; Protozoan behavior

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; CALMODULIN; ELECTROPORATION; FLUORESCENT LABELING; PROTOZOON GENETICS; RNA SPLICING;

PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA;

EID: 0032214536     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb04553.x     Document Type: Article

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