The uptake of Texas Red-BSA in the excretory system of schistosomes and its colocalisation with ER60 promoter-induced GFP in transiently transformed adult males

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1139-1143

  Wippersteg, Volker ^a   Ribeiro, Fabio ^b   Liedtke, Stefanie ^a   Kusel, John R ^b   Grevelding, Christoph G ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ER60; Excretory system; GFP; Schistosoma mansoni; Texas Red BSA; Transgenic parasite

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE ER 60; DYE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IOXAGLIC ACID; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEINASE; TEXAS RED BSA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA VECTOR; ER60 GENE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENDER; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LASER MICROSCOPY; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STAINING; TRANSGENE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; WORM;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0041324590     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00168-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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