Functional genomics approaches in parasitic helminths

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 163-182

  Hagen, J ^a   Lee, E F ^a,b   Fairlie, W D ^a,b   Kalinna, B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional genomics; Nematodes; Platyhelminths; RNAi; Schistosomes; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; RNA;

BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; DATA BASE; ECHINOCOCCUS; FASCIOLA; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELMINTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRANSGENICS; TREMATODE; WORM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENOME, HELMINTH; GENOMICS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MALE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

NEMATODA; PLATYHELMINTHES; VERMES;

EID: 84857013611     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2011.01306.x     Document Type: Review

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