Using RNA Interference in Schistosoma mansoni

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 764, Issue , 2011, Pages 223-239

  Bhardwaj, Rita ^a   Krautz Peterson, Greice ^a   Skelly, Patrick J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

double stranded RNA; Gene silencing; parasite; platyhelminth; RNAi; schistosome; short interfering RNA; trematode

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HELMINTH PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPORATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPORATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

MAMMALIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 79960948129     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-188-8_15     Document Type: Chapter

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