A Transcriptomic Analysis of Echinococcus granulosus Larval Stages: Implications for Parasite Biology and Host Adaptation

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Parkinson, John ^a   Wasmuth, James D ^a,f   Salinas, Gustavo ^b   Bizarro, Cristiano V ^c,g   Sanford, Chris ^a   Berriman, Matthew ^d   Ferreira, Henrique B ^c   Zaha, Arnaldo ^c   Blaxter, Mark L ^e   Maizels, Rick M ^e   Fernández, Cecilia ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^g PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLYCAN; SELENIDE; TETRASPANIN; THIOL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANTIOXIDANT; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CESTODE; CLADISTICS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METABOLISM; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84870761967     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001897     Document Type: Article

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