In vitro gene silencing of independent phosphoglycerate mutase (iPGM) in the filarial parasite Brugia malayi

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Singh, Prashant Kumar ^a   Kushwaha, Susheela ^a   Mohd, Shahab ^a   Pathak, Manisha ^a   Misra Bhattacharya, Shailja ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Drug target; Embryogenesis; Lymphatic filariasis; RNAi; siRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE MUTASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE SILENCING; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84929154634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-2-5     Document Type: Article

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