Gene silencing of nfa1 affects the in vitro cytotoxicity of Naegleria fowleri in murine macrophages

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-93

  Jung, Suk Yul ^a   Kim, Jong Hyun ^a   Song, Kyoung Ju ^b   Lee, Yang Jin ^a   Kwon, Myung Hee ^a   Kim, Kyongmin ^a   Park, Sun ^a   Im, Kyung il ^b   Shin, Ho Joon ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Gene silencing; Naegleria fowleri; RNAi

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN NFA1; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOWN REGULATION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE; GENE SILENCING; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION; TROPHOZOITES;

MURINAE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

EID: 60649103139     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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