Molecular cloning and demonstration of an aminopeptidase activity in a filarial nematode glycoprotein

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-23

  Harnett, William ^a   Houston, Katrina M ^a   Tate, Rothwell ^a   Garate, Teresa ^b   Apfel, Heiko ^c   Adam, Ralf ^d   Haslam, Stuart M ^e   Panico, Maria ^e   Paxton, Thanai ^e   Dell, Anne ^e   Morris, Howard ^e   Brzeski, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthocheilonema viteae; Aminopeptidase; cDNA; Filariasis; Secreted product

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FILARIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BASE SEQUENCE; DIPETALONEMA; FEMALE; GENE LIBRARY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032746382     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00113-9     Document Type: Article

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