A male-derived nonribosomal peptide pheromone controls female schistosome development

A controlled human Schistosoma mansoni infection model to advance novel drugs, vaccines and diagnostics

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Systematically improved in vitro culture conditions reveal new insights into the reproductive biology of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni

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Dynamic transcriptomes identify biogenic amines and insect-like hormonal regulation for mediating reproduction in Schistosoma japonicum

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Extracellular vesicles secreted by Schistosoma mansoni contain protein vaccine candidates

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A hybrid polyketide–nonribosomal peptide in nematodes that promotes larval survival

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Schistosome sex matters: a deep view into gonad-specific and pairing-dependent transcriptomes reveals a complex gender interplay

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The carcinine transporter CarT is required in Drosophila photoreceptor neurons to sustain histamine recycling

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DrosophilaEbony: a novel type of nonribosomal peptide synthetase related enzyme with unusually fast peptide bond formation kinetics

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Atlas of nonribosomal peptide and polyketide biosynthetic pathways reveals common occurrence of nonmodular enzymes

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Adult somatic stem cells in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni

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Activity and coexpression ofDrosophilablack with ebony in fly optic lobes reveals putative cooperative tasks in vision that evade electroretinographic detection

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The metabolism of histamine in the Drosophila optic lobe involves an ommatidial pathway:  -alanine recycles through the retina

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Signaling Mechanisms Controlling Cell Fate and Embryonic Patterning

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An Atlas for Schistosoma mansoni Organs and Life-Cycle Stages Using Cell Type-Specific Markers and Confocal Microscopy

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Genome-Wide Analyses Reveal a Role for Peptide Hormones in Planarian Germline Development

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Signal transduction regulates schistosome reproductive biology

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