Characterization of Sm20.8, a member of a family of schistosome tegumental antigens

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 15-25

  Mohamed, Magdy M ^a   Shalaby, Kamal A ^a   LoVerde, Philip T ^b   Karim, Amr M ^a  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

EF hand Ca2+ binding domain; Schistosoma mansoni; Sm20.8; Tegumental antigen

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA LIBRARY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMULUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0032582552     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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