Development of a dual reporter system to identify regulatory cis-acting elements in untranslated regions of Trypanosoma cruzi mRNAs

Parasitology International

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-169

  Araújo, Patrícia R ^a   Burle Caldas, Gabriela A ^a   Silva Pereira, Rosiane A ^a   Bartholomeu, Daniella C ^a   daRocha, Wanderson D ^b   Teixeira, Santuza M R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alpha tubulin; Amastin; Luciferase; Trans sialidase; Trypanosoma cruzi; Untranslated regions

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; AMASTIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; EPIMASTIGOTE; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REPORTER GENE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GLYCOPROTEINS; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; NEURAMINIDASE; PLASMIDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TRANSFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TUBULIN; UP-REGULATION;

RENILLA LUCIFERASE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 79953804228     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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