Characterization of a putative nuclear receptor from Onchocerca volvulus

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 259-269

  Unnasch, Thomas R ^a   Bradley, Janette ^b   Beauchamp, Jeremy ^c   Tuan, Rocky ^d   Kennedy, Malcolm W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Filaria; Retinoid; River blindness; Steroid; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; STEROID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; INVERTEBRATE; LIGAND BINDING; MICROFILARIA; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FILARIA; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032742693     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00152-8     Document Type: Article

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