Molecular cloning and characterization of gut-derived cysteine proteinases associated with a host protective extract from Haemonchus contortus

Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 405-412

  Skuce, P J ^a   Redmond, D L ^a   Liddell, S ^a   Stewart, E M ^a   Newlands, G F J ^a   Smith, W D ^a   Knox, D P ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cathepsin B; cDNA cloning; Cysteine proteinase; Haemonchus contortus; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; INTESTINE ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VACCINATION;

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

EID: 0032835839     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099004813     Document Type: Article

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