A bone morphogenetic protein homologue in the parasitic flatworm, Schistosoma mansoni

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-287

  Freitas, Tori C ^a   Jung, Euihye ^a   Pearce, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein; Protonephridia; Schistosome; Transforming growth factor ; Trematode

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

BONE; FLATWORM; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUGESIA JAPONICA; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLATYHELMINTH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHMIDTEA MEDITERRANEA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 58549119947     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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