HelmCoP: An online resource for Helminth functional genomics and drug and vaccine targets prioritization

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Abubucker, Sahar ^a   Martin, John ^a   Taylor, Christina M ^a   Mitreva, Makedonka ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; PESTICIDE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DRUG TARGETING; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DATABASE; HELMCOP SYSTEM; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS; VACCINE PRODUCTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERNET; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; PLATYHELMINTHES; VERMES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; GENOMICS; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SOFTWARE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VACCINES;

EID: 79960107786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021832     Document Type: Article

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