The Cre/loxP system in Giardia lamblia: Genetic manipulations in a binucleate tetraploid protozoan

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 497-506

  Wampfler, Petra B ^a   Faso, Carmen ^a   Hehl, Adrian B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cre loxP; Genetic manipulation; Giardia; Resistance marker recycling; Selectable marker; Tetraploid

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; INTEGRASE;

BACTERIOPHAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME MODIFICATION; EPISOME; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE CASSETTE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTEGRATION; LOXP SITE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TETRAPLOIDY;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

BACTERIOPHAGES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TETRAPLOIDY;

EID: 84902840121     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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