TGF-β and the evolution of nematode parasitism

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1473-1475

  Viney, M E ^a   Thompson, F J ^a   Crook, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis; Dauer; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN DAF 7; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EVOLUTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NEMATODE; PARASITE;

ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLADISTICS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LARVAL STAGE; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; NEMATODA; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 28244456485     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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