Gene structure and splicing in schistosomes

Journal of Proteomics

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1515-1518

  Verjovski Almeida, Sergio ^a   DeMarco, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Host parasite interface; Micro exon genes; Protein variability; Schistosoma mansoni; Secreted proteins

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN VARIANT; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SCHISTOSOMA;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; GENE COMPONENTS; GENES, HELMINTH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; SCHISTOSOMA;

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959317997     PISSN: 18743919     EISSN: 18767737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2011.03.022     Document Type: Review

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