Gene expression analysis distinguishes tissue-specific and gender-related functions among adult Ascaris suum tissues

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 288, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 243-260

  Wang, Zhengyuan ^a   Gao, Xin ^a   Martin, John ^a   Yin, Yong ^a,c   Abubucker, Sahar ^a   Rash, Amy C ^a   Li, Ben Wen ^a   Nash, Bill ^a   Hallsworth Pepin, Kym ^a   Jasmer, Douglas P ^b   Mitreva, Makedonka ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; Expression; Nematode; Parasite; Tissue

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PEPTIDASE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; INTESTINE; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; ASCARIS SUUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 84878767382     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: 16174623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-013-0743-y     Document Type: Article

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