Identification of tgh-2, a filarial nematode homolog of Caenorhabditis elegans daf-7 and human transforming growth factor β, expressed in microfilarial and adult stages of Brugia malayi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 6402-6410

  Gomez Escobar, N ^a   Gregory, W F ^a   Maizels, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUGIA MALAYI; GERBILLINAE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MINK; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

BACULOVIRUS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0033785339     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.11.6402-6410.2000     Document Type: Article

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