Transglutaminase-catalyzed incorporation of host proteins in Brugia malayi microfilariae

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 105-114

  Mehta, Kapil ^a   Chandrashekar, Ramaswamy ^b,d   Rao, Undaru R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Heska Corporations   (United States)

Author keywords

cross linked proteins; cuticle; filariasis; sheath; transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROFILARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029862978     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02549-9     Document Type: Article

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