A survey of genes expressed in adults of the human hookworm, Necator americanus

Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-184

  Daub, J ^a   Loukash, A ^a   Pritchard, D I ^b   Blaxter, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma duodenale; ASP; Caenorhabditis elegans; Expressed sequence tags; Hookworm; Necator americanus

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN; LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG DESIGN; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE LIBRARY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NECATORIASIS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033952127     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099005375     Document Type: Article

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