Brugia malayi: Effects of gamma radiation on adult worms and their intracellular Wolbachia bacteria

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-93

  Rao, Ramakrishna U ^a   Atkinson, Laura J ^a   Vanderwall, Robert P ^a   Weil, Gary J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; Embryogenesis; FCS, fetal calf serum; Filarioidea; Irradiation; krad, kilorads; L3, third stage larva; MF, microfilaria; MTT, 3 (4,5 dimethyl thiazol 2 yl) 2,5 diphenyl tetrazolium bromide; Nematode; Real time PCR; Reproduction; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CESIUM 137; HELMINTH DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LETHALITY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; WOLBACHIA; WORM; AEDES; ANIMAL; GERBIL; MICROBIOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, HELMINTH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; GERBILLINAE; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 14744272793     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2004.11.009     Document Type: Article

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