Onchocerca uolvulus: Characterization of a highly immunogenic Gln-rich protein

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-68

  Joseph, Gerald T ^a   McCarthy, James S ^b   Huima, Tellervo ^a   Mair, Kisha F ^a   Kass, Philip H ^c   Boussinesq, Michael ^d   Goodrick, Lucy ^e   Bradley, Janette E ^e   Lustigman, Sara ^a  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IgG subclasses; Larvae; Onchocerca volvulus; Polyglutamine tract; Putatively immune individuals; T cell proliferation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; HELMINTH PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; OV 53 80 PROTEIN, ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; OV 53-80 PROTEIN, ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; T LYMPHOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENES, HELMINTH; GLUTAMINE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031283151     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00132-1     Document Type: Article

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