Schistosoma comparative genomics: Integrating genome structure, parasite biology and anthelmintic discovery

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 555-564

  Swain, Martin T ^a   Larkin, Denis M ^a   Caffrey, Conor R ^b   Davies, Stephen J ^c   Loukas, Alex ^d   Skelly, Patrick J ^e   Hoffmann, Karl F ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; DNA FRAGMENT; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GENOMICS; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; WORM TEGUMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHROMOSOMES; GENOME, HELMINTH; GENOMICS; HUMANS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 82855165014     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2011.09.003     Document Type: Review

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