MicroRNAs of parasitic helminths - Identification, characterization and potential as drug targets

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 85-94

  Britton, Collette ^a   Winter, Alan D ^a   Gillan, Victoria ^a   Devaney, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Gene regulation; Helminth; MicroRNAs; Parasite; Therapeutic

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; HELMINTH RNA; IVERMECTIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 122; MIRAVIRSEN; PYRANTEL; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASCARIS SUUM; BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIA PAHANGI; BURSAPHELENCHUS XYLOPHILUS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; DRUG TARGETING; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TAENIA SAGINATA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 84898013724     PISSN: 22113207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2014.03.001     Document Type: Review

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