The bandit, a new DNA transposon from a hookworm - Possible horizontal genetic transfer between host and parasite

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Laha, Thewarach ^a   Loukas, Alex ^b   Wattanasatitarpa, Supatra ^a   Somprakhon, Jenjira ^a   Kewgrai, Nonglack ^a   Sithithaworn, Paiboon ^a   Kaewkes, Sasithorn ^a   Mitreva, Makedonka ^c   Brindley, Paul J ^d  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; LYSINE; RNA; SERINE; TRANSPOSASE; HELMINTH DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLADISTICS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOG; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INVERTED REPEAT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENICS; TRANSPOSON; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG DISEASE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, HELMINTH; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GENE LIBRARY; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 38049170862     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000035     Document Type: Article

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