The use of Tn5 transposable elements in a gene trapping strategy for the protozoan Leishmania

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 735-742

  Laurentino, Eliane C ^a   Ruiz, Jeronimo C ^a   Brito, Loislene O ^a   Fiandt, Michael ^b   Nicoletti, Liliana M ^a   Jamur, M C ^a   Oliver, C ^a   Tosi, Luiz R O ^a   Cruz, Angela K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ILLUMINA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene trapping; In vitro transposition; Leishmania braziliensis; Tn5; Transposon

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN KINASE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

DNA; GENE; GENOMICS; PARASITE; POLYMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE LIBRARY; GENOMICS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; TRANSFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 34247516317     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.12.021     Document Type: Article

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