Use of bacterially expressed dsrna to downregulate entamoeba histolytica gene expression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Solis, Carlos F ^a,b   Santi Rocca, Julien ^a,b,c   Perdomo, Doranda ^a,b   Weber, Christian ^a,b   Guillén, Nancy ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; BETA TUBULIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR; KERP1 PROTEIN, ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG TARGETING; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TROPHOZOITE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIVER; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TROPHOZOITES; TUBULIN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77949526648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008424     Document Type: Article

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