Analysis of transcriptional regulation of tetracycline responsive genes in Brugia malayi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-111

  Liu, Canhui ^a   Kelen, Patrick Vander ^a   Ghedin, Elodie ^b   Lustigman, Sara ^c   Unnasch, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Filariasis; Promoter; Transfection; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUGIA MALAYI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TATA BOX; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BRUGIA MALAYI; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 80054714194     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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