Prevention of attachment of phosphorylcholine to a major excretory-secretory product of Acanthocheilonema viteae using tunicamycin

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 320-324

  Houston, Katrina M ^a   Harnett, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA VITEAE; FILARIA;

ANTIBODY; CHOLINE; GLUCOSAMINE; GLYCOSIDASE; LEUCINE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PROTEIN; TUNICAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FILARIA; FLUOROGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIPETALONEMA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; TUNICAMYCIN;

EID: 0029886526     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284169     Document Type: Article

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