A Gateway® compatible vector for gene silencing in bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 51-55

  Kalidas, Savitha ^a   Li, Qiong ^a   Phillips, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gateway vector; pTrypRNAiGate; RNAi; T. brucei

Indexed keywords

HAIRPIN RNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PARASITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TECHNIQUE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VECTORS; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; PODOVIRIDAE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 79957507507     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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