Search for promoters for the GARP and rRNA genes of Trypanosoma congolense

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-38

  Downey, Nicholas ^a   Donelson, John E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Luciferase; Promoter test vector; rRNA promoter; Trypanosoma congolense

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA GENE; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENES, REPORTER; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 0032725013     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00135-8     Document Type: Article

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