A tightly regulated inducible expression system for conditional gene knock-outs and dominant-negative genetics in Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-101

  Wirtz, Elizabeth ^a   Leal, Simone ^a   Ochatt, Claudia ^a   Cross, George A M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expression vector; Gene regulation; T7 RNA polymerase; Tet repressor; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TECHNIQUE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; LUCIFERASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VIRAL PROTEINS;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0033525524     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00002-X     Document Type: Article

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