Construction of three new gateway® expression plasmids for Trypanosoma cruzi

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1081-1085

  Alonso, Victoria L ^a,b   Ritagliati, Carla ^b   Cribb, Pamela ^a,b   Serra, Esteban C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Expression vectors; Gateway system; PTcINDEX; Tandem affinity purification; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE;

DRUG EFFECTS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PROCEDURES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VALIDATION STUDY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TETRACYCLINE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84918540091     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140238     Document Type: Article

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