Effects of Doxycycline on gene expression in Wolbachia and Brugia malayi adult female worms in vivo

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Rao, Ramakrishna U ^a   Huang, Yuefang ^a   Abubucker, Sahar ^b   Heinz, Michael ^b   Crosby, Seth D ^b   Mitreva, Makedonka ^b   Weil, Gary J ^a  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; Doxycycline; Filariasis; Gene expression; Microarray; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COLLAGEN; DOXYCYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE EXPRESSION; GERBIL; IMMUNE EVASION; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RIBOSOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; SURVIVAL; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUGIA MALAYI; GERBILLINAE; NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUGIA MALAYI; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84862807409     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1423-0127-19-21     Document Type: Article

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