Cloning and characterisation of mmc-1, a microfilarial-specific gene, from Brugia pahangi

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 415-424

  Emes, Richard ^b   Thompson, Fiona ^b   Moore, Joyce ^b   Zang, Xingxing ^a   Devaney, Eileen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential screen; Stage specific gene expression

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA;

GENE;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SCREENING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MICROFILARIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; GERBILLINAE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSECTS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIA PAHANGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036175613     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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