Orthologues of the Drosophila melanogaster E75 molting control gene in the filarial parasites Brugia malayi and Dirofilaria immitis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-97

  Crossgrove, Kirsten ^a   Maina, Claude V ^b   Robinson Rechavi, Marc ^c,d   Lochner, Megan C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

E75; Filariasis; Nematode; Nuclear receptor; Rev erb

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; INSECT GENETICS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLTING; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 36349003537     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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