Silencing of the larninin γ-1 gene blocks Trypanosoma cruzi infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1643-1648

  Nde, Pius N ^a   Simmons, Kaneatra J ^a   Kleshchenko, Yuliya Y ^a   Pratap, Siddharth ^a   Lima, Maria F ^a   Villalta, Fernando ^a  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 14; COLLAGEN TYPE 15; COLLAGEN TYPE 16; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; COLLAGEN TYPE 9; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ELASTIN; FIBRILLIN; FIBRONECTIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 83; LAMININ; LAMININ GAMMA 1; PROCOLLAGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SIALIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LAMININ GAMMA1; PARASITE ANTIGEN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHAGAS DISEASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIGAND BINDING; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; LAMININ; NEURAMINIDASE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33644774440     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.3.1643-1648.2006     Document Type: Article

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