A female-specific cDNA sequence of Schistosoma mansoni encoding an amidase that is expressed in the gastrodermis

Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-137

  Schussler P ^a   Kohrer K ^a   Finken Eigen, M ^a   Michel, A ^a   Grevelding, C G ^a   Kunz, W ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female specific cDNA sequence; Gastrodermis; Gut epithelium; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; FEMALE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, HELMINTH; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031974468     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097002163     Document Type: Article

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