Vectors for inducible expression of toxic gene products in bloodstream and procyclic Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-112

  Biebinger, Susanne ^a   Elizabeth Wirtz, L ^a,b   Lorenz, Patrick ^a   Clayton, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gene regulation; repressor; tetracycline; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; LUCIFERASES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 0343907190     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02815-0     Document Type: Article

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