Genes important in the parasitic life of the nematode Strongyloides ratti

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-119

  Thompson, Fiona J ^a   Barker, Gary L A ^a   Hughes, Louise ^a   Viney, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Microarrays; Parasitic nematodes; Strongyloides ratti

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; RATTUS; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI;

EID: 39049099917     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.11.016     Document Type: Article

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