Identification of promoter elements of parasite nematode genes in transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-181

  Britton, Collette ^a   Redmond, Diane L ^b   Knox, David P ^b   McKerrow, James H ^c   Barry, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Nematode; Parasite; Promoter; Transformation

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTERTAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COLLAGEN; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, REPORTER; HAEMONCHUS; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSTERTAGIA; PEPSINOGEN A; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA;

EID: 0032886218     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00121-8     Document Type: Article

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