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ArticleInternational journal for parasitology2012

A method for rapid regulation of protein expression in Trypanosoma cruzi.

Yan Fen Ma, Louis M Weiss, Huan Huang

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Article in International journal for parasitology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yan Fen MaDepartment of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Louis M Weiss
Huan Huang
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · US

Funding

T. cruzi: pathogenesis modulation by eicosanoidsR01AI076248 · NIAID · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI TANOWITZ, HERBERT BERNARD · 2008 to 2012
$2.3M
Differentiation in T.cruzi:an emerging AIDS pathogenR01AI058893 · NIAID · ALBERT EINSTEIN COL OF MED YESHIVA UNIV · PI HUANG, HUAN · 2005 to 2009
$1.8M
Microsporidia: Genetic TechniquesR21AI093315 · NIAID · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI WEISS, LOUIS M. · 2011 to 2012
$457k
NIAID NIH HHS AI 058893NIAID NIH HHS AI076248NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI058893NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI076248NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI093315
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Analysis of gene function in Trypanosoma cruzi is limited due to the absence of rapid, simple and reversible genetic tools to regulate gene and corresponding protein expression. We have designed a modified pTREX vector which uses an N-terminal fusion of a ligand-controlled destabilisation domain (ddFKBP) to a gene/protein of interest. This vector allows rapid and reversible protein expression and efficient functional analysis of proteins in different T. cruzi life cycle stages.

Indexed as

Genetic VectorsGene Expression RegulationGenetics, MicrobialMolecular BiologyProtozoan ProteinsTrypanosoma cruziProtozoan Proteins

Identifiers

PMID22138018
PMCPMC3249466
OpenAlexW2050818930

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