Neuropeptide-like protein diversity in phylum Nematoda

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1493-1503

  McVeigh, Paul ^a   Alexander Bowman, Susan ^b   Veal, Emma ^a   Mousley, Angela ^a   Marks, Nikki J ^a   Maule, Aaron G ^a  

^a Medical Biology Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioactivity; Bioinformatics; EST; Expressed sequence tag; nlp; Peptidome; Physiology; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE LIKE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NEMATODE; PROTEIN; SECRETION;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENETIC VARIATION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; NEUROPEPTIDES;

ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS REMANEI; NEMATODA; NIA;

EID: 53249111684     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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