Pitfalls of the CAT reporter gene for analyzing translational regulation in Leishmania

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1449-1452

  Folgueira, Cristina ^a   Requena, Jose M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deletion mutant; HSP70; Reporter genes; Transfection; Translation; Trypanosomatids

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MESSENGER RNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSLATION REGULATION; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

ANIMALS; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN;

KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 34548571854     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0640-6     Document Type: Article

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