Transgenesis in Strongyloides and related parasitic nematodes: Historical perspectives, current functional genomic applications and progress towards gene disruption and editing

Parasitology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 327-342

  Lok, J B ^a   Shao, H ^a   Massey, H C ^a   Li, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis; chromosomal integration; CRISPR Cas9; microinjection; nematode; Strongyloides; transgenesis; transposon

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; CHROMOSOME; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EDITING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; GENOMICS; GONAD; INHERITANCE; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASTRONGYLOIDES; PARASTRONGYLOIDES TRICHOSURI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENICS; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; NEMATODE; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOMICS; NEMATODA;

EID: 84961390663     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182016000391     Document Type: Review

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