Schistosoma mansoni: Influence of infection on levels of translatable mRNA and on polypeptide synthesis in the ovotestis and albumen gland of Biomphalaria glabrata

• Published in: Experimental parasitology Vol. 72; no. 4; pp. 368 - 380
• Main Authors: Crews, Amy E., Yoshino, Timothy P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.1991
• Subjects: Albumen gland; Animals; Biomphalaria - genetics; Biomphalaria - metabolism; Biomphalaria - parasitology; Biomphalaria glabrata; Genitalia - metabolism; Genitalia - parasitology; Gonads - metabolism; Gonads - parasitology; Host-Parasite Interactions; mRNA; Organ Culture Techniques; Ovotestis; Parasitic castration; Protein Biosynthesis; Protein synthesis; RNA, Messenger - genetics; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosoma mansoni - physiology; Schistosoma mansoni; OT; AG; dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; mRNA; DEPC; Parasitic castration; Ovotestis; Hansen's buffered saline; Biomphalaria glabrata; SDS-PAGE; Tris-EDTA; TE; Sodium; Protein synthesis; HBS; pi; Diethylpyrocarbonate; Albumen gland; Postinfection

Larval trematode infection causes a disruption of normal reproductive activity in the molluscan intermediate host. Because relatively little is known about the dynamics of this host-parasite interaction, the effect of Schistosoma mansoni infection on translatable mRNA pools and on polypeptide synthe...