RNAi pathways in parasitic protists and worms

Journal of Proteomics

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1504-1514

  Batista, Thiago Mafra ^a   Marques, João Trindade ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Argonaute; Non coding RNA; Parasitic worms; Protists; RNA interference; Tropical diseases

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 1 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELMINTH; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; EUGLENOZOA; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PROTISTA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 80051667741     PISSN: 18743919     EISSN: 18767737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2011.02.032     Document Type: Review

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