Transgene expression and silencing in a tick cell line: A model system for functional tick genomics

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 963-968

  Kurtti, Timothy J ^a   Mattila, Joshua T ^a   Herron, Michael J ^a   Felsheim, Roderick F ^a   Baldridge, Gerald D ^a   Burkhardt, Nicole Y ^a   Blazar, Bruce R ^b   Hackett, Perry B ^a   Meyer, Jason M ^c   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell line; Ixodes scapularis; RNAi; Sleeping Beauty; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; IXODES; METHODOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE SILENCING; GENOMICS; IXODES; TRANSFECTION;

IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 50849133895     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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