Ascaridia galli fatty acid-binding protein, a member of the nematode polyprotein allergens family

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 569-576

  Timanova, Anna ^a   Müller, Sylke ^b   Marti, Thomas ^b   Bankov, Ilia ^a   Walter, Rolf D ^b  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascaridia galli; Fatty acid binding protein; Nematode; Polyprotein

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL; UNDECANOIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCARIDOIDEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASCARIDIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DANSYL COMPOUNDS; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELIN P2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRETINOIN; TRYPTOPHAN; VITAMIN A;

ASCARIDIA GALLI; ASCARIDOIDEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLI; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033560970     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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