Schistosoma mansoni mucin gene (SmPoMuc) expression: epigenetic control to shape adaptation to a new host.
The digenetic trematode Schistosoma mansoni is a human parasite that uses the mollusc Biomphalaria glabrata as intermediate host.Specific S.mansoni strains can infect efficiently only certain B.glabrata strains (compatible strain) while others are incompatible.Strain-specific differences in transcription of a conserved family of polymorphic mucins