Parasitic nematodes (roundworms) and platyhelminths (flatworms) cause debilitating chronic infections of humans and animals, decimate crop production and are a major impediment to socioeconomic development. Here we report a broad comparative study of 81
This gap has been partially filled with recent findings reporting the first HTT events of a retrotransposon (AviRTE) involving bird species from different orders (Psittacidae and Tinamidae) and parasitic nematodes which nowadays are responsible for several debilitating human diseases such as filariasis ...
TheMeloidogynespecies, commonly known as root-knot nematodes (RKN), are one of the most important groups of plant-parasitic nematodes worldwide1. This highly adapted obligate biotrophic polyphagous group of plant pathogens has a sedentary endoparasitic lifestyle with infective motile second-stage juveni...
Nematode symbionts, Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus, are members of the gut microbiome and are closely related to other Enterobacteriaceae, such as E. coli. Nematodes invade insect larvae and release their symbionts. Nematophiles first produce neurotoxins to immobilize their prey, and then release various...
Chemotaxis assays of wild type animals were scored the following day in our experiments, as we observed no change in CI value between one hour and 24 h assay time. The daf-2(e1368) nematodes, which move differently and are physiologically distinct from wild type, were assayed after 120 min...
yellowing or chlorosis can occur as the worms shut down a plant’s ability to take up water and minerals. RKN is the most common destructive plant parasitic nematodes for many gardeners. The gall symptoms on roots are indicative of an infested host. Galling can be light or complete, occurring...
A family of approximately 22 nucleotide (nt) noncoding RNAs termed microRNAs (miRNAs) has been identified in eukaryotic organisms ranging from nematodes to humans [1–3]. Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) lin-4 and let-7 are the first discovered miRNAs [4–6]. Increasing evidence indicates ...
As in experimental infection trials with other Dracunculus species, copepods have been used as experimental intermediate hosts (Brackett, 1938; Muller, 1971) (Table 1). Emergence of adult female nematodes from snake hosts has rarely been reported; however, adult females are present in subcutaneous ...
resulting in lifespan elongation or healthspan improvement. One of the most promising targets for anti-ageing approaches are proteins belonging to the sirtuin family. Sirtuins were originally discovered as transcription repressors in yeast, however, nowadays they are known to occur in bacteria and euk...
A rodent pathology that resembles human systemic lupus erythematosus, which is commonly known as lupus. Rights and permissions Reprints and permissions About this article Cite this article Youle, R., Strasser, A. The BCL-2 protein family: opposing activities that mediate cell death. Nat Rev Mol ...