CRISPR/Cas9-induced disruption of paraflagellar rod protein 1 and 2 genes in Trypanosoma cruzi reveals their role in flagellar attachment

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Lander, Noelia ^a,b   Li, Zhu Hong ^a   Niyogi, Sayantanee ^a   Docampo, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; GUIDE RNA; PARAFLAGELLAR ROD PROTEIN 1; PARAFLAGELLAR ROD PROTEIN 2; PROTEIN CAS9; PROTEIN GP72; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GP72 ANTIGEN, TRYPANOSOMA; PARAFLAGELLAR ROD PROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL BODY; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GP72 GENE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE MIGRATION; PFR1 GENE; PFR2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EDITING; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; FLAGELLA; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84940887923     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01012-15     Document Type: Article

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