A family of galectins from Haemonchus contortus

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 117-121

  Greenhalgh, Christopher J ^a   Loukas, Alex ^b   Donald, Debbie ^c   Nikolaou, Sia ^c   Newton, Susan E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

galactoside binding lectin; Galectin; Haemonchus contortus; Nematode; Parasite

Indexed keywords

GALAPTIN; GALECTIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GALECTINS; HAEMONCHUS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HEMAGGLUTININS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS;

EID: 0034653334     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00230-3     Document Type: Article

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