A 41-kDa antigen of the rodent filaria Acanthocheilonema viteae with homologies to tropomyosin induces host-protective immune responses

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 390-393

  Hartmann, Susanne ^a   Adam, Ralf ^a   Marti, Thomas ^b   Kirsten, Christa ^c   Seidinger, Silvia ^a   Lucius, Richard ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c Inst for Trop Medicine and Hygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPOMYOSIN; VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; DIPETALONEMA; DIPETALONEMA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RODENT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TROPOMYOSIN; VACCINATION;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA VITEAE; ANIMALIA; FILARIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030979148     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050269     Document Type: Article

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