Hox genes and the parasitic flatworms: New opportunities, challenges and lessons from the free-living

Parasitology International

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-17

  Olson, P D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homeobox; Hox; Hymenolepis; ParaHox; Platyhelminthes

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN;

BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HOX GENE; HYMENOLEPIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HYMENOLEPIS; PARASITES; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTHS;

HYMENOLEPIS (CESTODA); LOPHOTROCHOZOA; MUS; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 36148931396     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2007.09.007     Document Type: Review

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