Quantitative analysis of gender-regulated transcripts in the filarial nematode Brugia malayi by real-time RT-PCR

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 329-337

  Li, Ben Wen ^a   Rush, Amy C ^a   Tan, Jie ^a   Weil, Gary J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugia; Gene expression; Nematode; Real time RT PCR; Reproduction; Sex regulated genes; SYBR Green I

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HISTONE H3; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; DNA LIBRARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FILARIA; FLUORESCENCE; GENDER; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC DATABASE; MELTING POINT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUGIA MALAYI; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HELMINTH; MALE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, HELMINTH; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; NEMATODA;

EID: 4644371281     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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