Cloning and sequencing of the gene encoding the principal 18-kDa secreted antigen of activated oncospheres of Taenia saginata

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 265-268

  Benitez, Laura ^a   Garate, Teresa ^a   Harrison, Leslie J S ^b   Kirkham, Paul ^c   Brookes, Sharon M ^c   Parkhouse, R Michael E ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18 kDa secretory antigen; Oncospheres; Taenia saginata

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAENIA SAGINATA;

TAENIA SAGINATA; VERMES;

EID: 0029944978     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02610-2     Document Type: Article

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