Transient transfection and expression of foreign and endogenous genes in the intracellular stages of Trypanosoma cruzi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 100-103

  Padmanabhan, Prasad K ^a   Polidoro, Rafael B ^b   Barteneva, Natasha S ^c   Gazzinelli, Ricardo T ^b,d,e   Burleigh, Barbara A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence activated cell sorting; Mammalian cell infection; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypomastigote transfection

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; ELECTROPORATION; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EPIMASTIGOTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSGENE; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84924058473     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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