Tracking the fate of iron in early development of human blood flukes

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1646-1658

  Jones, Malcolm K ^a,b   McManus, Donald P ^a   Sivadorai, Padma ^a   Glanfield, Amber ^a,b   Moertel, Luke ^a   Belli, Sabina I ^c   Gobert, Geoffrey N ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eggs; Ferritin; Iron; Quinone tanning; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FERRITIN; IRON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CESTODIASIS; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; IRON METABOLISM; LASER MICRODISSECTION; LASER MICROSCOPY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; UPREGULATION; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; COLORIMETRY; COPPER; EGG SHELL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FECES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; HUMANS; IRON; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIVER; MICE; OVUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; VITELLOGENESIS;

INVERTEBRATA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 34447647280     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2007.04.017     Document Type: Article

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