Cloning and expression of a cDNA encoding a nonintegrin laminin-binding protein from Echinococcus granulosus with localization of the laminin-binding domain

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-192

  Zhang, LiHua ^a   Leggatt, Graham R ^a   Kalinna, Bernd H ^a   Piva, Terrence J ^b   McManus, Donald P ^a  

^a Australian Ctr Intl Trop Hlth N   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echinococcus; Echinococcus granulosus; Echinococcus multilocularis; Laminin; Laminin binding protein; Ribosomal protein

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LAMININ BINDING PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; ECHINOCOCCUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; LAMININ; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECEPTORS, LAMININ; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; MAMMALIA; VERMES;

EID: 0030786599     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00066-2     Document Type: Article

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