Attempts to establish RNA interference in the parasitic nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-31

  Lendner, Matthias ^a   Doligalska, Maria ^b   Lucius, Richard ^a   Hartmann, Susanne ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; Caenorhabditis elegans; Haemonchus contortus; Heligmosomoides polygyrus; Parasitic nematode; RNAi; Schistosoma mansoni; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TROPOMYOSIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELECTROPORATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; INTESTINE PARASITE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HAEMONCHUS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; OVARY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TROPOMYOSIN;

BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; NEMATODA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 47949125222     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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