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Characterizing Ancylostoma caninum transcriptome and exploring nematode parasitic adaptation.
BMC genomics - 14 May 2010
Wang Zhengyuan, Abubucker Sahar, Martin John, Wilson Richard K, Hawdon John, Mitreva Makedonka
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BACKGROUND: Hookworm infection is one of the most important neglected diseases in developing countries, with approximately 1 billion people infected worldwide. To better understand hookworm biology and nematode parasitism, the present study generated a near complete transcriptome of the canine hookworm Ancylostoma caninum to a very high coverage using high throughput technology, and compared it to those of the...
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