Filarial and Wolbachia genomics

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 121-129

  Scott, A L ^a   Ghedin, E ^b   Nutman, T B ^c   McReynolds, L A ^d   Poole, C B ^d   Slatko, B E ^d   Foster, J M ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugia; Filarial; Genome; Nematode; Noncoding RNA; Proteomics; Transcriptomics; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ACANTHOCHEILONMEA VITEAE; BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIA PAHANGI; BRUGIA TIMORI; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FILARIA; GENOMICS; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; LOA LOA; MANSONELLA OZZARDI; MANSONELLA PERSTANS; MANSONELLA STREPTOCERCA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA CERVICALIS; ONCHOCERCA FLEXUOSA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SETARIA DIGITATA; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; WOLBACHIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, HELMINTH; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PROTEOMICS; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTOME; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; VERMES; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84856978324     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2011.01344.x     Document Type: Review

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