The major tegumental antigen of Fasciola hepatica contains repeated elements

Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-191

  Trudgett, A ^a,d   McNair, A T ^a   Hoey, E M ^a   Keegan, P S ^a   Dalton, J P ^b   Rima, B K ^a   Miller, A ^a   Ramasamy, P ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^d Medical Biology Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fasciola hepatica; Immunoevasion; Repeats; Tegument

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GENE ISOLATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA;

EID: 0033817381     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099006253     Document Type: Article

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