Melanisation of Teladorsagia circumcincta larvae exposed to sunlight: A role for GTP-cyclohydrolase in nematode survival

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 887-891

  Baker, Rachael H ^a,b   Britton, Collette ^c   Roberts, Brett ^c   Loer, Curtis M ^d   Matthews, Jacqueline B ^a   Nisbet, Alasdair J ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

GTP cyclohydrolase; Melanisation; Nematode; Teladorsagia circumcincta; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; MELANIN; NEOPTERIN;

MELANIN; NEMATODE; PARASITE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CE CAT 4 GENE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SUN EXPOSURE; TCI CAT 4 GENE; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CATALASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; LARVA; MELANINS; MUTATION; SUNLIGHT; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; NEMATODA; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE;

EID: 84866479406     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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