Dimethylaminoethanol is a major component of the Litomosoides carinii microfilarial sheath

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 325-328

  Hintz, Martin ^a   Kasper, Martin ^a   Stahl, Bernd ^b,c   Geyer, Rudolf ^a   Kalinowski, Hans Otto ^a   Karas, Michael ^b,d   Kühnhardt, Siegfried ^a   Schott, Hans Henning ^a   Conraths, Franz ^a,e   Zahner, Horst ^a   Stirm, Stephan ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Milupa AG   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

dimethylaminoethanol; filariasis; Litomosoides carinii; microfilarial sheath

Indexed keywords

DEANOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; LITOMOSOIDES CARINII; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029978873     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02541-3     Document Type: Article

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