Schistosoma mansoni: The dicer gene and its expression

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 122-128

  Krautz Peterson, Greice ^a   Skelly, Patrick J ^a  

^a Molecular Helminthology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene silencing; RNA interference; RNAi; Schistosome

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DICER; HELICASE; RIBONUCLEASE III;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; MALE; METAZOON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 37449015629     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.06.013     Document Type: Article

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