Genetic manipulation of schistosomes

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 465-473

  Brindley, Paul J ^a   Pearce, Edward J ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biolistics; Electroporation; Functional genomics; Gene manipulation; Parasitic helminth; Particle bombardment; Promoter; Reporter; RNA interference; Schistosome; Transduction; Transfection; Transformation; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

ENDOPARASITE; FLATWORM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOME SIZE; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENES, HELMINTH; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOME, HELMINTH; HUMANS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, HELMINTH; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRANSGENES;

PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA; VERMES;

EID: 33947170950     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.12.012     Document Type: Review

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