Using Caenorhabditis elegans for functional analysis of genes of parasitic nematodes

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 651-659

  Britton, Collette ^a   Murray, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Gene function; Nematode; Parasite; RNAi

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

GENE; GENOME; NEMATODE; PARASITE; RNA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENICS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, HELMINTH;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 33646816759     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.02.010     Document Type: Review

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