Ectopic expression of a Haemonchus contortus GATA transcription factor in Caenorhabditis elegans reveals conserved function in spite of extensive sequence divergence

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-253

  Couthier, Annabelle ^a   Smith, Judith ^a   McGarr, Pamela ^a   Craig, Barbara ^b   Gilleard, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis; elt 2; Endoderm; GATA; Haemonchus; Nematode; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

DNA; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA ELT 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAGING; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS;

EID: 0346787809     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2003.10.012     Document Type: Article

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