Cryptosporidium: A first step toward tractability

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 401-402

  Hedstrom, Lizbeth ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CRISPR Cas9; Gene knockout; Reporter parasites; Target validation

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; HEXOKINASE; INOSINATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; THYMIDINE KINASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INACTIVATION; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; SHORT SURVEY; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DRUG DISCOVERY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES;

EID: 84940545550     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.08.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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