Trehalose metabolism genes in Caenorhabditis elegans and filarial nematodes

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1195-1206

  Pellerone, F I ^a   Archer, S K ^a   Behm, C A ^a   Grant, W N ^c   Lacey, M J ^b   Somerville, A C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

RNA interference; Trehalase; Trehalose; Trehalose 6 phosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; SUGAR; TREHALOSE;

GENE; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FILARIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; HYDROLYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; MODEL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREHALASE GENE; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE GENE;

BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0042326101     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00173-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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