Regulation of Schistosoma mansoni Development and Reproduction by the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signaling Pathway

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  de Andrade, Luiza Freire ^a   de Mourão, Marina Moraes ^a   Geraldo, Juliana Assis ^a   Coelho, Fernanda Sales ^a   Silva, Larissa Lopes ^a   Neves, Renata Heisler ^a,b   Volpini, Angela ^a   Machado Silva, José Roberto ^b   Araujo, Neusa ^a   Nacif Pimenta, Rafael ^a   Caffrey, Conor R ^c   Oliveira, Guilherme ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROTEIN C FOS; RAS PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; HELMINTH PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OVARY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; OVARY; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 84903458855     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002949     Document Type: Article

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