Nematode parasite genes: What's in a name?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 334-340

  Beech, Robin N ^a   Wolstenholme, Adrian J ^b   Neveu, Cédric ^c   Dent, Joseph A ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UR1282   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENE; GENETICS; NOMENCLATURE;

ANIMALS; GENES, HELMINTH; NEMATODA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 77953963380     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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