Preliminary analysis of miRNA pathway in Schistosoma mansoni

Parasitology International

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-68

  Gomes, Matheus S ^a   Cabral, Fernanda J ^b   Jannotti Passos, Liana K ^c   Carvalho, Omar ^c   Rodrigues, Vanderlei ^b   Baba, Elio H ^a   Sá, Renata G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gene expression; MicroRNAs; Post transcriptional gene silencing; qRT PCR Real Time; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA DEGRADATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMULUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREMATODE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 59249092360     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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