Expression pattern and functional significance of a divergent nematode cyclophilin in Caenorhabditis elegans

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 301-306

  Page, Antony P ^a   Winter, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cyclophilin; CyclosporinA; Filariae; Peptidyl prolyl cis trans isomerase

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHILIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DRUG BINDING PROTEIN; PROLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0032933154     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00044-4     Document Type: Article

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