The functional role of a serotonin transporter in Schistosoma mansoni elucidated through immunolocalization and RNA interference (RNAi)

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-42

  Patocka, Nicholas ^a   Ribeiro, Paula ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunolocalization; RNA interference (RNAi); Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI); Serotonin (5 hydroxytryptamine: 5HT); Serotonin transporter (SERT)

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE MOTILITY; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMULUM; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; LOCOMOTION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84873290456     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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