Schistosome I/Lamides - A new family of bioactive helminth neuropeptides

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 905-913

  McVeigh, Paul ^a   Mair, Gunnar R ^b   Novozhilova, Ekaterina ^c   Day, Alex ^c   Zamanian, Mostafa ^c   Marks, Nikki J ^a   Kimber, Michael J ^c   Day, Timothy A ^c   Maule, Aaron G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Flatworm; Neurobiology; Physiology; RNAi

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; NPP 1 PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMISTRY; FLATWORM; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PEPTIDE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRAIN GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCATION; GENE SILENCING; LARVAL STAGE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEMATODE; NERVE CORD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE MIGRATION; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PLATYHELMINTH; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMULUM; SM NPP 1 GENE; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GANGLION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

NEMATODA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA; VERMES;

ANIMALS; CEREBRUM; GANGLIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; NEMATODA; NEUROPEPTIDES; PLATYHELMINTHS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79956353156     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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