Comparative Study of Transcriptome Profiles of Mechanical- and Skin-Transformed Schistosoma mansoni Schistosomula

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Protasio, Anna V ^a,b   Dunne, David W ^b   Berriman, Matthew ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMULUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN INFECTION;

EID: 84875972139     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002091     Document Type: Article

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