Repetitive peptide motifs in the cuticlin of Ascaris suum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-64

  Bisoffi, Marco ^a   Marti, Stefan ^a   Betschart, Bruno ^b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; Cuticlin; Immunolocalization; Nematode cuticle; Repetitive peptide motif

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CUTICLE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIS; ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAPITATA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; HEXAPODA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; NEMATODA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; VERMES;

EID: 0030249169     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02668-0     Document Type: Article

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