Surface molecules of procyclic forms of Trypanosoma simiae and Trypanosoma congolense, members of the subgenus Nannomonas, share immunodominant carbohydrate epitopes

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 123-126

  Mookherjee, Neeloffer ^a   Pearson, Terry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

African trypanosomes; Procyclics; Procyclins; Surface glycoconjugates; Trypanosoma congolense; Trypanosoma simiae

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; EPITOPE; GLUTAMIC ACID ALANINE RICH PROTEIN; GLYCOCONJUGATE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYPEPTIDE; TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA SIMIAE; TSETSE FLY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARBOHYDRATES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

GLOSSINA (PROPER); NANNOMONAS; SIMIAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA SIMIAE;

EID: 0034760942     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00358-9     Document Type: Article

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