Analysis of antisense and double stranded RNA downregulation of A2 protein expression in Leishmania donovani

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 315-319

  Zhang, Wen Wei ^a   Matlashewski, Greg ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DOWN-REGULATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, PROTOZOAN;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034655625     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00236-4     Document Type: Article

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