Transgenesis in the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-119

  Li, Xinshe ^a   Shao, Hongguang ^a   Junio, Ariel ^a   Nolan, Thomas J ^a   Massey Jr , Holman C ^a   Pearce, Edward J ^c   Viney, Mark E ^b   Lok, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microinjection; Parasitic nematode; Plasmid vector; Strongyloides ratti; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; GONADS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LARVA; MICROINJECTIONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; TRANSGENES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; PARASTRONGYLOIDES TRICHOSURI; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

EID: 80051802710     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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