Comparative characterization of microRNA profiles of different genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1111-1118

  Xu, M J ^a   Zhou, D H ^a   Huang, S Y ^a   Zhao, F R ^a   Nisbet, A J ^b   Lin, R Q ^c   Song, H Q ^a   Zhu, X Q ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HEILONGJIANG BAYI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

expression profile; genotype; microRNA (miRNA); Toxoplasma gondii; toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOINFORMATICS; CATALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MICE; MICRORNAS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84879822290     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118201300053X     Document Type: Article

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