Molecular cloning of a myoD-like gene from the parasitic nematode, Trichinella spiralis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-149

  Connolly, Bernadette ^a,b   Trenholme, Katharine ^a   Smith, Deborah F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

basic helix loop helix; CeMyoD; muscle stage larva; MyoD; Nau; Trichinella

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 0030607445     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02673-4     Document Type: Article

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