Reflections on the biochemistry of Echinococcus: Past, present and future

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1643-1652

  McManus, D P ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Echinococcus granulosus; Echinococcus multilocularis

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA MARKER; PROTEIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DNA PROBE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; INTEGUMENT; INTROSPECTION; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, HELMINTH; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION;

ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

EID: 70350463980     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009005666     Document Type: Review

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