Failure of Parastrongyloides trichosuri daf-7 to complement a Caenorhabditis elegans daf-7 (e1372) mutant: Implications for the evolution of parasitism

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1675-1683

  Crook, Matt ^a   Grant, Kirsten ^b   Grant, Warwick N ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Daf 7; Dauer hypothesis; Parastrongyloides trichosuri; TGF ; Transformation rescue

Indexed keywords

DAF 7 PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIGAND; NEMATODE; PARASITISM; PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITISM; PARASTRONGYLOIDES TRICHOSURI; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRICHOSURUS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; PARASTRONGYLOIDES TRICHOSURI;

EID: 78149471702     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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