cut-1-like genes are present in the filarial nematodes, Brugia pahangi and Brugia malayi, and, as in other nematodes, code for components of the cuticle

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 173-183

  Lewis, Emma ^a   Hunter, Sarah J ^a   Tetley, Laurence ^b   Pavia Nunes, Claudia ^c   Bazzicalupo, Paolo ^c   Devaney, Eileen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Division of Infection and Immunity   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cuticle; Cuticlin; Filarial nematode

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CUTICLE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

ASCARIS; BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIA PAHANGI; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032993374     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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