Strongyloides stercoralis daf-2 encodes a divergent ortholog of Caenorhabditis elegans DAF-2

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 515-520

  Massey, Holman C ^a   Ranjit, Najju ^a   Stoltzfus, Jonathan D ^a   Lok, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate splicing; DAF 2; Dauer; Insulin receptor; Ss daf 2; Strongyloides stercoralis

Indexed keywords

INSULIN RECEPTOR; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PARASITISM;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84877116267     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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