Publications by authors named "Libbey A Schwertman"
Putting the Leishmania genome to work: functional genomics by transposon trapping and expression profiling.
Stephen M Beverley Natalia S Akopyants Sophie Goyard Robin S Matlib Jennifer L Gordon Libbey A Schwertman
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
January 2002
Article Synopsis
- Leishmania are protozoan parasites that affect humans in various regions, and studying their gene expression can help in understanding their virulence and developing control strategies.
- The gene expression in Leishmania primarily involves post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms, and with the nearing completion of their genome mapping, new research methods are becoming available.
- The laboratory has implemented advanced techniques like Drosophila transposon mariner and DNA microarrays to study Leishmania gene regulation, potentially leading to discoveries of genes linked to its virulence.