Identification and analysis of genes expressed in the adult filarial parasitic nematode Dirofilaria immitis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 829-839

  Yin, Yong ^a   Martin, John ^a   McCarter, James P ^a,b   Clifton, Sandra W ^a   Wilson, Richard K ^a   Mitreva, Makedonka ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Divergence Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Comparative genomics; Dirofilaria immitis; Energy generation; Expressed sequence tags (EST's); Filarial nematode; Heartworm; Parasite

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANTIOXIDANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PARASITISM; TAGGING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; FILARIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST; MALE; METAZOON; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PARASITISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUGIA MALAYI; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, HELMINTH; GENOME, HELMINTH; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BRUGIA MALAYI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 33744979498     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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