Efficient in vitro RNA interference and immunofluorescence-based phenotype analysis in a human parasitic nematode, Brugia malayi

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Landmann, Frédéric ^a   Foster, Jeremy M ^b   Slatko, Barton E ^b   Sullivan, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugia; filaria; immunostaining; nematode; RNAi

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; GAMMA TUBULIN; PROTEIN AJM 1; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 1; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENES, HELMINTH; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, HELMINTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; FILARIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 84855733708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-16     Document Type: Article

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