Analysis of the gene expression profile of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae using the expressed sequence tag approach

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-97

  Santos, Túlio M ^a   Johnston, David A ^b   Azevedo, Vasco ^a   Ridgers, Ian L ^b   Martinez, Mercedes F ^b   Marotta, Gláucia B ^a   Santos, Rogério L ^a   Fonseca, Sérgio J ^a   Ortega, J Miguel ^a   Rabelo, Élida M L ^a   Saber, Mohamed ^c   Ahmed, Hanem M ^c   Romeih, Mahmoud H ^c   Franco, Glória R ^a   Rollinson, David ^b   Pena, Sérgio D J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Nat Hist Mus Cromwell Rd S ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c THEODOR BILHARZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine receptor; Cercariae; Gene expression; Genomics; Photoreceptor; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; DATA BASE; DNA LIBRARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, HELMINTH; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032857548     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00100-0     Document Type: Article

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