Abstract
In opposite to the free-living soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, the genetic regulation of hypobiosis or inhibited or arrested development in parasitic nematodes is completely unknown. In C. elegans, the daf-genes or the age-1 gene are of major importance in signaling pathways regulating arrested development. To investigate if orthologs of these genes are present in the bovine lungworm Dictyocaulus viviparus, a PCR analysis with gene-specific primer combinations was performed. No orthologs of the age-1 or daf-genes could be identified in D. viviparus. The possible differences in the role of the daf-genes concerning arrested development in parasitic and free-living nematodes will be discussed.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / genetics*
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Cattle
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Computational Biology
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DNA Primers
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DNA, Helminth / analysis
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Dictyocaulus / genetics
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Dictyocaulus / growth & development*
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Dictyocaulus / metabolism
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Female
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Gene Expression Regulation*
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Genome, Helminth
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Helminth Proteins / genetics*
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Helminth Proteins / metabolism
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Male
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / genetics*
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Signal Transduction
Substances
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Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
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DNA Primers
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DNA, Helminth
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Helminth Proteins
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Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
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AGE-1 protein, C elegans
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