Long double-stranded RNA produces specific gene downregulation in giardia lamblia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 815-819

  Rivero, Maria R ^a   Kulakova, Liudmila ^a,b   Touz, Maria C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA MERCEDES Y MARTÍN FERREYRA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADAPTIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; TUBULIN;

EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; RNA;

ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; NONHUMAN; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ADAPTOR PROTEIN COMPLEX SUBUNITS; DOWN-REGULATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TUBULIN;

EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 77956161312     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2406.1     Document Type: Article

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