EST sequencing of the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus suggests a shift in gene expression during transition to the parasitic stages

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-68

  Hoekstra, Ruurdtje ^a   Visser, Allerdien ^a   Otsen, Myrthe ^b   Tibben, Joop ^a   Lenstra, Johannes A ^b   Roos, Marleen H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Comparative mapping; Expressed sequence tag; Haemonchus contortus; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HELMINTH; GENETIC MARKERS; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033828173     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00255-3     Document Type: Article

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