Expression of a functional antibody fragment in the gut of Rhodnius prolixus via transgenic bacterial symbiont Rhodococcus rhodnii

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-119

  Durvasula, R V ^a   Gumbs, A ^a   Panackal, A ^a   Kruglov, O ^a   Taneja, J ^a   Kang, A S ^b   Cordon Rosales, C ^c   Richards, F F ^a   Whitham, R G ^d   Beard, C B ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Cecropin; Genetic transformation; Gut; Paratransgenic insect; Recombinant antibody fragment; Rhodnius prolixus; Rhodococcus rhodnii; Shuttle plasmid; Symbiont; Transgenic bacteria; Trypanosoma cruzi; Vector competence; Vector control

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHODNIUS; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 6544263842     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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