Characterization and localization of ORFF gene from the LD1 locus of Leishmania donovani

Gene

Volumn 416, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Jain, Manju ^a   Madhubala, Rentala ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Heterozygous knockout mutants; Leishmania donovani; ORFF GFP fusion; Over expression

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ORFF; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRAIT; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; TRANSFECTION; TRANSGENES;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 43049162641     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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