Toxocara canis: Genes expressed by the arrested infective larval stage of a parasitic nematode

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 495-508

  Maizels, Rick M ^a   Tetteh, Kevin K A ^a   Loukas, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genomics; Immune evasion; Lectin; Mucin; Novel genes; Protease; Six cysteine motif; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; MUCIN;

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 0034060439     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00022-9     Document Type: Article

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