cDNA cloning of galectins from third stage larvae of the parasitic nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-153

  Newton, Susan E ^a,b   Monti, Jennifer R ^a,c   Greenhalgh, Christopher J ^a   Ashman, Keith ^a,d   Meeusen, Els N T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c Veterinary Clinical Centre   (Australia)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

galactoside binding; Galectin; Nematode; Ostertagia; Spliced leader; Teladorsagia circumcincta

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN; LACTOSE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GALACTOSIDES; GALECTINS; HEMAGGLUTININS; LARVA; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; OSTERTAGIA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 0031007670     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)02834-X     Document Type: Article

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