An antibiotic selection marker for schistosome transgenesis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-130

  Rinaldi, Gabriel ^a,b   Suttiprapa, Sutas ^a,c   Tort, José F ^b   Folley, Anne E ^a   Skinner, Danielle E ^a   Brindley, Paul J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^c Mahidol University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antibiotic selection; G418; Geneticin; Neomycin; NeoR; Retrovirus; Schistosome; Transgene

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC G 418; GENOMIC DNA; NEOMYCIN; RETROVIRUS VECTOR;

ANTIBIOTICS; BLOOD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; PATHOGEN; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TOXICITY TEST;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SELECTIVITY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; LETHALITY; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMULUM; TRANSGENICS; TREMATODE; VIRION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENTAMICINS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RETROVIRIDAE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SELECTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 84855200901     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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