A high-throughput cloning system for reverse genetics in Trypanosoma cruzi

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Batista, Michel ^a   Marchini, Fabricio K ^a   Celedon, Paola A F ^a   Fragoso, Stenio P ^a   Probst, Christian M ^a   Preti, Henrique ^a   Ozaki, Luiz S ^b   Buck, Gregory A ^b   Goldenberg, Samuel ^a   Krieger, Marco A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CARLOS CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIN; CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; EPITOPE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PLASMID VECTOR; POLYHISTIDINE; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; RAB7 PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TECHNOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASMID;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77957730073     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-259     Document Type: Article

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