Cuticular collagen genes from the parasitic nematode Ostertagia circumcincta

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-112

  Johnstone, Iain L ^a   Shafi, Yasmin ^a   Majeed, Afshan ^a   Barry, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Collagen; Cuticle; Nematode; Ostertagia circumcincta

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; OSTERTAGIA; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 0030249919     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02682-5     Document Type: Article

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