Helminth C-type lectins and host-parasite interactions

Parasitology Today

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 333-339

  Loukas, Alex ^a   Maizels, Rick M ^b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; GALECTIN; LECTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELMINTH; HELPER CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INVERTEBRATE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LECTINS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034255595     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(00)01704-X     Document Type: Review

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