Application of small RNA technology for improved control of parasitic helminths

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 212, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 47-53

  Britton, Collette ^a   Winter, Alan D ^a   Marks, Neil D ^a   Gu, Henry ^a   McNeilly, Tom N ^b   Gillan, Victoria ^a   Devaney, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gene regulation; Helminth; MicroRNA; Nematode; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC REGULATION; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA; NEMATODA; SCHISTOSOMA; VERMES;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MICRORNAS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84938547766     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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