Investigating hookworm genomes by comparative analysis of two Ancylostoma species

BMC Genomics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Mitreva, Makedonka ^a   McCarter, James P ^a,b   Arasu, Prema ^c   Hawdon, John ^d   Martin, John ^a   Dante, Mike ^a   Wylie, Todd ^a   Xu, Jian ^a   Stajich, Jason E ^e   Kapulkin, Wadim ^f,g   Clifton, Sandra W ^a   Waterston, Robert H ^a,h   Wilson, Richard K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Divergence Inc   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; LARVAL STAGE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 24644502532     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-6-58     Document Type: Article

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