The splice leader addition domain represents an essential conserved motif for heterologous gene expression in B. malayi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-21

  Liu, Canhui ^a   Chauhan, Chitra ^a   Katholi, Charles R ^b   Unnasch, Thomas R ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Filariasis; Promoter; Trans splicing; Transfection

Indexed keywords

PYRIMIDINE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CODING; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; EMBRYO; EUKARYOTE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANS SPLICING; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, SPLICED LEADER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION;

BRUGIA MALAYI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 64149108320     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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