Functional complementation of RNA interference mutants in trypanosomes

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Rusconi, Filippo ^a   Durand Dubief, Mickaël ^a   Bastin, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DEGRADATION; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS;

GENE SILENCING; PLASMIDS; RNA INTERFERENCE MUTANTS; TRYPANOSOMES;

RNA;

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PARAFLAGELLAR ROD PROTEIN 2; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; FLAGELLUM; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUTATION; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; RNA PROCESSING;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CYTOSKELETON; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MODELS, GENETIC; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TRANSFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 26044437984     PISSN: 14726750     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-5-6     Document Type: Article

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