Transgenesis in parasitic nematodes: building a better array

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 345-347

  Lok, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; EPISOME; GENE SILENCING; GENOMICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, HELMINTH; GENOMICS; NEMATODA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLOIDES; TRANSGENES;

NEMATODA; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 67949094440     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.05.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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