flp gene disruption in a parasitic nematode reveals motor dysfunction and unusual neuronal sensitivity to RNA interference

FASEB Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1233-1243

  Kimber, Michael J ^a   McKinney, Susan ^b   McMaster, Steven ^b   Day, Tim A ^a   Fleming, Colin C ^c   Maule, Aaron G ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FMRFamide like peptide; Helminth parasite; Locomotion; Nervous system; Neuropeptide

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE SILENCING; GLOBODERA PALLIDA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEMATODE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FMRFAMIDE; GENE SILENCING; GENES, HELMINTH; MODELS, GENETIC; NEMATODA; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GLOBODERA PALLIDA; NEMATODA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VERMES;

EID: 33947621535     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-7343com     Document Type: Article

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