Trichostrongylus vitrinus (Nematoda: Strongylida): Molecular characterization and transcriptional analysis of Tv-stp-1, a serine/threonine phosphatase gene

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-34

  Hu, Min ^a   Abs EL Osta, Youssef G ^a   Campbell, Bronwyn E ^a   Boag, Peter R ^b   Nisbet, Alasdair J ^c   Beveridge, Ian ^a   Gasser, Robin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Genomic structure; Male enriched; Nematode; Serine threonine protein phosphatase; Transcription; Trichostrongylus vitrinus

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; FERROUS ION; HISTIDINE; MANGANESE; NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHATASE; SERINE; THREONINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HELMINTH DNA; HELMINTH RNA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GENOMICS; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS VITRINUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA; NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM DENTATUM; PROTISTA; STRONGYLIDA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS VITRINUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, HELMINTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 34548770004     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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