Transcriptome analysis of the acoelomate human parasite Schistosoma mansoni

Nature Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 148-157

  Verjovski Almeida, Sergio ^a   DeMarco, Ricardo ^a   Martins, Elizabeth A L ^b   Guimarães, Pedro E M ^a   Ojopi, Elida P B ^a   Paquola, Apuã C M ^a   Piazza, João P ^c   Nishiyama Jr , Milton Y ^a   Kitajima, João P ^c,h   Adamson, Rachel E ^d   Ashton, Peter D ^d   Bonaldo, Maria F ^e   Coulson, Patricia S ^d   Dillon, Gary P ^d   Farias, Leonardo P ^b   Gregorio, Sheila P ^a   Ho, Paulo L ^b   Leite, Ricardo A ^a   Malaquias, L Cosme C ^f   Marques, Regina C P ^a   Miyasato, Patricia A ^b   Nascimento, Ana L T O ^b   Ohlweiler, Fernanda P ^b   Reis, Eduardo M ^a   Ribeiro, Marcela A ^a   Sá, Renata G ^a   Stukart, Gaëlle C ^a   Soares, M Bento ^e   Gargioni, Cybele ^g   Kawano, Toshie ^b   Rodrigues, Vanderlei ^a   Madeira, Alda M B N ^a   Wilson, R Alan ^d   Menck, Carlos F M ^a   Setubal, João C ^c   Leite, Luciana C C ^b   Dias Neto, Emmanuel ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDADE VALE DO RIO DOCE   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^h Alellyx Applied Genomics   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACTIN; ACTIVIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; AXIN; BETA CATENIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CAVEOLIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; DNA POLYMERASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; PROTEOME; SCHISTOSOMA VACCINE; SMAD PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETON; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG TARGETING; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LONGEVITY; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0141507054     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1237     Document Type: Article

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