Tetracycline induction of gene expression in Trypanosoma brucei within the tsetse fly vector

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-249

  Peacock, Lori ^a   Bailey, Mick ^a   Gibson, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inducible expression; Tet repressor; Tetracycline; Trypanosoma brucei; Tsetse fly

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC G 418; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYGROMYCIN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TSETSE FLY;

EID: 14744285668     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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