Identification and sequence comparison of a cuticular collagen of Brugia pahangi

Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-155

  Bisoffi, M ^a   Betschart, B ^b,c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brugia pahangi; collagen; cuticle; filarial nematode; immunolocalization; sequence comparison

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; EPITOPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CUTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ASCARIS SUUM; BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0029819683     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000066397     Document Type: Article

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