Global expression analysis revealed novel gender-specific gene expression features in the Blood fluke parasite Schistosoma japonicum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Piao, Xianyu ^a   Cai, Pengfei ^a   Liu, Shuai ^a   Hou, Nan ^a   Hao, Lili ^c   Yang, Fan ^a   Wang, Heng ^a   Wang, Jianwei ^a   Jin, Qi ^a   Chen, Qijun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PATHOGEN BIOLOGY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DOWN REGULATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; UPREGULATION; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM; AGING; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; PARASITE; RABBIT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, HELMINTH; GENOME; MALE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PARASITES; RABBITS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79953761504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018267     Document Type: Article

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