Isolation and partial characterization of a fatty-acid-binding protein from Ascaris suum reproductive tissue

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 518-521

  Timanova, Anna M ^a   Marti, Thomas ^b   Walter, Rolf D ^b   Bankov, Ilia Y ^a  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; BINDING SITE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASCARIS SUUM; BRUGIA MALAYI; CARRIER PROTEINS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELIN P2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031010487     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050291     Document Type: Article

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