Heritable transgenesis of Parastrongyloides trichosuri: A nematode parasite of mammals

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 475-483

  Grant, Warwick N ^a   Skinner, Stephen J M ^a,b   Newton Howes, Jan ^a   Grant, Kirsten ^a   Shuttleworth, Gail ^a   Heath, David D ^a   Shoemaker, Charles B ^a,c  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Virology Laboratory   (New Zealand)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brushtail possum; Functional genomics; Microinjection; Nematode parasite; Parastrongyloides trichosuri; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODE; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ARTICLE; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; INTESTINE CELL; LABORATORY; LIFE CYCLE; MAMMAL; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASTRONGYLOIDES TRICHOSURI; SYNCYTIUM; TRANSGENICS; WORM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, HELMINTH; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; TRICHOSURUS;

MAMMALIA; PARASTRONGYLOIDES TRICHOSURI; TRICHOSURUS;

EID: 33646544234     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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