A novel member of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily from the filarial nematodes Brugia malayi and B. pahangi

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 200-209

  Gomez Escobar, Natalia ^a   Lewis, Emma ^b   Maizels, Rick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COSMID; DNA LIBRARY; EXON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY;

BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032030467     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4248     Document Type: Article

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