Ancylostoma caninum anticoagulant peptide: Cloning by PCR and expression of soluble, active protein in E. coli

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-117

  Cappello, Michael ^a,b   Hawdon, John M ^a   Jones, Brian F ^a   Kennedy, W Poindexter ^c   Hotez, Peter J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma; Anticoagulant; Ascaris; Factor Xa; Hookworm; Serine protease inhibitors

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALIA; ASCARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030249127     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02658-8     Document Type: Article

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