Cloning and characterisation of strain-specific transcripts encoding triosephosphate isomerase, a candidate vaccine antigen from Schistosoma japonicum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 265-269

  Hooker, C William ^a   Brindley, Paul J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Schistosoma japonicum; Strain variation; Transcript; Triosephosphate isomerase

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOSOMA VACCINE; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; VACCINATION;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 0030602240     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02748-X     Document Type: Article

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