Stable transfection of Acanthamoeba castellanii

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1743, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 93-100

  Peng, Zhihua ^a   Omaruddin, Romaica ^a   Bateman, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba castellanii; EGFP; Gene expression; Gene induction; Gene promoter; Gene repression; Protein expression; RNA polymerase II; Stable transfection; TBP; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; KANAMYCIN KINASE; NEOMYCIN; PROMOTER BINDING FACTOR; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PROTOZOON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 15044347036     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2004.08.014     Document Type: Article

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