Cloning and molecular characterization of calpain, a calcium-activated neutral proteinase, from different strains of Schistosoma japonicum

Parasitology International

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 233-242

  Zhang, Renli ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Takahashi, Satoru ^a   Yoshida, Ayako ^a   Kawaguchi, Hitoshi ^a   Maruyama, Haruhiko ^a   Yabu, Yoshisada ^a   Fu, Jun ^a,b   Shirai, Tomoyuki ^a   Ohta, Nobuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calpain; Gene cloning; Northern blotting; RT PCR; Schistosoma japonicum

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; SCHISTOSOMA VACCINE; EPITOPE; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; HELMINTH DNA; HELMINTH RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CALPAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, HELMINTH; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, HELMINTH; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033991063     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(99)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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