Targeted integration into a rRNA locus results in uniform and high level expression of transgenes in Leishmania amastigotes

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 251-261

  Mißlitz, Ana ^a,b   Mottram, Jeremy C ^c   Overath, Peter ^a   Aebischer, Toni ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EGFP; Leishmania major; Leishmania mexicana; Persistence; GAL

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA SP.;

EID: 0242693036     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00195-X     Document Type: Article

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