Introduction to Strongyloides stercoralis Anatomy
© 2024 Michelle L. Castelletto et al., published by Sciendo.
| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of nematology. - 1969. - 56(2024), 1 vom: 30. März, Seite 20240019 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2024
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Journal of nematology |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article Strongyloides stercoralis WormAtlas anatomy morphology parasitic helminth parasitic nematode skin-penetrating nematode |
| Zusammenfassung: | © 2024 Michelle L. Castelletto et al., published by Sciendo. Strongyloides stercoralis, commonly known as the human threadworm, is a skin-penetrating gastrointestinal parasitic nematode that infects hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Like other Strongyloides species, S. stercoralis is capable of cycling through a single free-living generation. Although S. stercoralis and the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans are evolutionarily distant, the free-living adults of S. stercoralis are similar enough in size and morphology to C. elegans adults that techniques for generating transgenics and knockouts in C. elegans have been successfully adapted for use in S. stercoralis. High-quality genomic and transcriptomic data are also available for S. stercoralis. Thus, one can use a burgeoning array of functional genomic tools in S. stercoralis to probe questions about parasitic nematode development, physiology, and behavior. Knowledge gained from S. stercoralis will inform studies of other parasitic nematodes such as hookworms that are not yet amenable to genetic manipulation. This review describes the basic anatomy of S. stercoralis |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Revised 01.11.2024 published: Electronic-eCollection Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 0022-300X |
| DOI: | 10.2478/jofnem-2024-0019 |