Cloning of 5′ and 3′ flanking regions of the Schistosoma mansoni calcineurin A gene and their characterization in transiently transformed parasites

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-138

  Rossi, Alessandro ^a   Wippersteg, Volker ^b   Klinkert, Mo Quen ^a   Grevelding, Christoph G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcineurin promoter; GFP; Particle bombardment; Protonephridium; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL ACTIVITY; CODON; DNA FLANKING REGION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PARASITE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

3' FLANKING REGION; 5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCINEURIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 0142011687     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(03)00158-0     Document Type: Article

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