Carboxy-terminal sequence divergence and processing of the polyprotein antigen from Dirofilaria immitis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-65

  Poole, Catherine B ^a   Hornstra, Linda J ^a   Benner, Jack S ^a   Fink, Jason R ^a   McReynolds, Larry A ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria immitis; Filarial; Nematode polyprotein antigen; Proteolytic processing

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FILARIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FILARIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0030581658     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02721-1     Document Type: Article

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