RNA-Seq Reveals Infection-Induced Gene Expression Changes in the Snail Intermediate Host of the Carcinogenic Liver Fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Prasopdee, Sattrachai ^a,b   Sotillo, Javier ^b   Tesana, Smarn ^a   Laha, Thewarach ^a   Kulsantiwong, Jutharat ^c   Nolan, Matthew J ^b   Loukas, Alex ^b   Cantacessi, Cinzia ^b,d  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UDON THANI RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COLLAGEN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEMOCYANIN; HISTONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; METALLOPROTEINASE; MUCIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BIOINFORMATICS; BITHYNIA; BITHYNIA SIAMENSIS GONIOMPHALOS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; GASTROPODA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPISTHORCHIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THAILAND;

EID: 84897385882     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002765     Document Type: Article

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