Transgenesis of schistosomes: Approaches employing mobile genetic elements

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-153

  Mann, V H ^a   Morales, M E ^a   Kines, K J ^a   Brindley, P J ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Functional genomics; Gene manipulation; Promoter; Reporter gene; RNA interference; Schistosome; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; INVERTED REPEAT; LENTIVIRINAE; MOLONEY LEUKEMIA ONCOVIRUS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRANSGENICS; TRANSPOSON; TURBELLARIA; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; RETROVIRIDAE; SCHISTOSOMA; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 38549092502     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007003824     Document Type: Review

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