Improvements in transfection efficiency and tests of RNA interference (RNAi) approaches in the protozoan parasite Leishmania

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-228

  Robinson, Kelly A ^a   Beverley, Stephen M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Double stranded RNA; Genetic analysis; Leishmania donovani; Leishmania major; RNAi; Transient transfection

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTOZOAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRYPANOSOMA;

EUKARYOTA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PROTOZOA; SACCHAROMYCES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0037884861     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(03)00079-3     Document Type: Article

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