Microarray analysis of gender- and parasite-specific gene transcription in Strongyloides ratti

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1329-1341

  Evans, Helen ^a   Mello, Luciane V ^a   Fang, Yongxiang ^b   Wit, Ernst ^b   Thompson, Fiona J ^c   Viney, Mark E ^c   Paterson, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspartyl protease; Cathepsin; Fecundity; Oogenesis; Reproduction; Spermatogenesis; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE;

ARRAY; FECUNDITY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HSP 17 GENE; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULATION; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI;

EID: 48349109594     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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