Naegleria fowleri: Functional expression of the Nfa1 protein in transfected Naegleria gruberi by promoter modification

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-120

  Song, Kyoung Ju ^a   Jeong, Seok Ryoul ^a   Park, Sun ^a   Kim, Kyongmin ^a   Kwon, Myung Hee ^a   Im, Kyung Il ^b   Pak, Jhang Ho ^c   Shin, Ho Joon ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Immunofluorescent assay; Naegleria fowleri; Naegleria gruberi; Promoter; Transient transfection

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN NFA1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHO CELL; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NAEGLERIA GRUBERI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PSEUDOPODIUM; TARGET CELL; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; TROPHOZOITE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAEGLERIA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFECTION;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NAEGLERIA GRUBERI;

EID: 30644469144     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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