Molecular cloning and characterisation of a developmentally regulated putative metallopeptidase present in a host protective extract of Haemonchus contortus

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-87

  Redmond, Diane L ^a   Knox, David P ^a   Newlands, George ^a   Smith, W David ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemonchus contortus; metallopeptidase; neutral endopeptidase; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; INTESTINE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEPRILYSIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030949381     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02812-5     Document Type: Article

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