Cloning and expression of an aquaporin-like gene from a parasitic nematode

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 287-293

  Loukas, Alex ^a   Hunt, Peter ^a   Maizels, Rick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Parasitic nematode; Toxocara canis; Water transport

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032954942     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00026-2     Document Type: Article

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