A major allergen of lymphatic filarial nematodes is a parasite homolog of the γ-glutamyl transpeptidase

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 712-724

  Lobos, Edgar ^a   Zahn, Regina ^a   Weiss, Niklaus ^a   Nutman, Thomas B ^b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FILARIASIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030465814     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03401655     Document Type: Article

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