Molecular cloning of a Schistosoma mansoni protein expressed in the gynecophoral canal of male worms

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-89

  Bostic, Jennifer Reed ^a   Strand, Mette ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloning; Gynecophoral canal; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEX DIFFERENCE;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0030200305     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02640-0     Document Type: Article

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