Transcription profiling reveals stage- and function-dependent expression patterns in the filarial nematode Brugia malayi

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Li, Ben Wen ^a   Wang, Zhengyuan ^a   Rush, Amy C ^a   Mitreva, Makedonka ^a   Weil, Gary J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; Filariasis; Lifecycle; Nematode; Parasite; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; UPREGULATION;

BRUGIA MALAYI; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

HELMINTH RNA;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OOGENESIS; RNA, HELMINTH; SPERMATOGENESIS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84860800529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-184     Document Type: Article

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