Morphogenesis of strongyloides stercoralis infective larvae requires the DAF-16 ortholog FKTF-1

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Castelletto, Michelle L ^a   Massey Jr , Holman C ^a   Lok, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; PROTEIN KINASE B; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DAF 16 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DAF-16 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; MORPHOLOGY; MUTANT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHARYNX; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TRANSGENICS; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; LARVA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 66349133661     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000370     Document Type: Article

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