Molecular characterization of a Litomosoides sigmodontis protein involved in the development of the microfilarial sheath during embryogenesis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-50

  Dafa’alla, Tarig H ^a,b   Taubert, Anja ^a   Hobom, Gerd ^a   Beck, Ewald ^a   Zahner, Horst ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b National Research Centre   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Litomosoides sigmodontis; Ls110; Lymphatic filariasis; Microfilarial sheath; Secreted protein

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA; HELMINTH PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FILARIA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LITOMOSOIDES; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; UTERUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; FILARIOIDEA; HELMINTH PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, HELMINTH; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033953885     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00198-X     Document Type: Article

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