Caenorhabditis elegans and the study of gene function in parasites

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 387-393

  Hashmi, Sarwar ^a   Tawe, Wilson ^a   Lustigman, Sara ^a  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANT LARVAL TRANSCRIPT PROTEIN; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; BENZIMIDAZOLE; BETA TUBULIN; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN D; CATHEPSIN L; CYCLOPHILIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; IVERMECTIN; M PROTEIN; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; NEUTROPHIL INHIBITORY FACTOR; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; MOLECULE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENOMICS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035414430     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(01)01986-9     Document Type: Review

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