Developmental arrest in Caenorhabditis elegans dauer larvae causes high expression of enzymes involved in thymidylate biosynthesis, similar to that found in Trichinella muscle larvae

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-254

  Winska P ^a   Golos B ^a   Ciesla J ^a   Zielinski Z ^a   Fraczyk T ^a   Walajtys Rode E ^b   Rode, W ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b RZESZOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell cycle; Dauer larva; Developmental arrest; Dihydrofolate reductase; dUTPase; Muscle larva; Thymidine kinase; Thymidylate synthase; Trichinella spp.

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA 18S; THYMIDINE KINASE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHATE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRICHINELLA PSEUDOSPIRALIS; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; THYMIDINE MONOPHOSPHATE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TRICHINELLA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA PSEUDOSPIRALIS; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 23944437244     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005007274     Document Type: Article

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