Expression of heterologous promoters in Lutzomyia longipalpis and Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) cell lines

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 802-806

  Saraiva, Elvira ^a,b   Fampa, Patrícia ^b   Cedeno, Virna ^c,d   Bergoin, Max ^c   Mialhe, Eric ^a,d   Miller, Louis H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Heterologous promoters; Luciferase expression; Lutzomyia; Phlebotomus; Sand fly cells

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DENSOVIRUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHLEBOTOMUS; PROMOTER REGION; PSYCHODIDAE; REPORTER GENE; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DENSOVIRUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; PHLEBOTOMUS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSYCHODIDAE; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 0034320154     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.6.802     Document Type: Article

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