Caenorhabditis elegans as a model for parasitic nematodes

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 395-411

  Bürglin, Thomas R ^a   Lobos, Edgar ^b   Blaxter, Mark L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Ashworth Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brugia molayi; Caenorhabditis elegans; Dancer larva; Genome Project Cuticle; Molecular Techniques

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA TUBULIN; BILE ACID; COLLAGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CONTIG; FATTY ACID; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PHEROMONE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; RIBOSOME RNA; SERINE PROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN; TRIOXYSALEN;

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COSMID; CUTICLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENOME; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; MODEL; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 0032033513     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00208-7     Document Type: Review

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