Filarial parasites are tissue-dwelling nematodes responsible for some of the most important
neglected tropical diseases. All are transmitted by blood-sucking arthropod. Onchocerciasis …

Through the analysis of hundreds of full-length cDNAs from fifteen species representing all
major orders of dinoflagellates, we demonstrate that nuclear-encoded mRNAs in all species …

Enterobius vermicularis, pinworm, is one of the most common helminths worldwide, infecting
nearly a billion people at all socio-economic levels. In prehistoric populations the …

In kinetoplastids, Euglena, and four metazoan phyla, trans-splicing has been described as a
mechanism for the generation of mature messenger RNAs (mRNAs): 5′-ends of precursor …

Isolates of the etiological agent of Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi, have been
subdivided into six subgroups referred to as discrete typing units. The subgroups are related …

The pinworm, Enterobius vermicularis, is a human-specific nematode parasite with a long co-
evolutionary history with its host (Araúujo et al., 1998; Hugot et al., 1999). E. vermicularis …

Aspartic proteases are a family of proteinases with catalytic aspartate residues in the active
site. These enzymes have been reported to initialize the degradation of host hemoglobin in …

5S rRNA intergenic regions of Setaria digitata and Setaria labiatopapillosa were PCR
amplified with primers designed from the 5S rRNA gene of Brugia malayi. The ladder-like …

The structures attained by RNA molecules depend not only on their sequence but also on
environmental parameters such as their temperature. So far, this effect has been largely …

Backgrounds: Lymphatic filariasis is principally caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, and Brugia
malayi. The other two filarial nematode species, Brugia pahangi and Dirofilaria immitis …