Cloning and characterization of a β-galactoside-binding protein (galectin) from the gut of the gastrointestinal nematode parasite Haemonchus contortus

Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 483-490

  Newlands, G F J ^a   Skuce, P J ^a   Knox, D P ^a   Smith, S K ^a   Smith, W D ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galectin; Haemonchus contortus; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BETA GALACTOSIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GALECTIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAMB; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TANDEM REPEAT; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; VACCINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GALACTOSIDES; GALECTINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HEMAGGLUTININS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032723342     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118209900503X     Document Type: Article

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