Chitin synthase in the filarial parasite, Brugia malayi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 351-362

  Harris, Margaret T ^a   Lai, Kevin ^a   Arnold, Kevin ^a   Martinez, Hector F ^a   Specht, Charles A ^b   Fuhrman, Juliet A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugia; Chitin synthase; Eggshell; Embryogenesis; Lymphatic filariasis; Nematoda

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRUGIA MALAYI; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; GERBILLINAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; INSECTA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0034494290     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00328-5     Document Type: Article

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