Identification and partial characterization of a myosin-like protein from cysticerci and adults of Taenia solium using a monoclonal antibody

Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 545-553

  Ambrosio, J ^a   Cruz Rivera, M ^a   Allan, J ^b   Moran E ^a   Ersfeld, K ^b   Flisser, A ^a  

^a Ciudad Universitaria ^*  (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cysticerci; Immunofluorescence; Myosin; Taenia solium; Taeniosis; Tapeworms

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCUS; HAMSTER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CRICETINAE; CYSTICERCUS; FEMALE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYOSINS; SWINE; TAENIA;

EID: 0030924898     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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