Forty years of helminth biochemistry

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1633-1642

  Barrett, J ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Helminth biochemistry; Metabolic pathways; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BINDING PROTEIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; DETOXIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOMICS; HELMINTH; INFORMATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DNA, HELMINTH; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HELMINTHS; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

VERMES;

EID: 70350482328     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200900568X     Document Type: Review

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