Dioecious Schistosoma mansoni express divergent gene repertoires regulated by pairing

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1081-1089

  Fitzpatrick, Jennifer M ^a   Hoffmann, Karl F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood fluke; Gene expression; Schistosoma; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

DEFINITIVE HOST; DNA; EGG PRODUCTION; FLATWORM; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOLATED POPULATION; LESION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARASITE; RODENT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 33747114998     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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