Localization of gender-regulated gene expression in the filarial nematode Brugia malayi

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 503-512

  Jiang, Daojun ^a   Li, Ben Wen ^a   Fischer, Peter U ^a   Weil, Gary J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; Filarioidea; Gene expression; In situ hybridization; Nematoda; qRT PCR

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN L; CAVEOLIN 1; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE SHP 1; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

FILARIASIS; GENDER; GENE EXPRESSION; NEMATODE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA PROBE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; UPREGULATION; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; OOCYTES; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPERMATOCYTES;

BRUGIA MALAYI; FILARIOIDEA; NEMATODA;

EID: 39449110449     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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