Echinococcus granulosus: Cloning and functional in vitro characterization of an actin filament fragmenting protein

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 215-225

  Cortez Herrera, Elizabeth ^c   Yamamoto, R R ^c   Rodrigues, J J S ^c   Farias, S E ^b,c   Ferreira, H B ^a,c   Zaha, A ^a,c  

^a Departamento de Biologia Molecular e Biotecnologia   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Fisiologia

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

5 or 3 untranslated region; 5 or 3 UTR; Actin filament fragmenting protein (AFFP); Actin binding protein (ABP); Cestode; Cystic hydatid disease (CHD); Echinococcus granulosus; Human plasma recombinant gelsolin (HPRGs); Severing and nucleating activity

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; AMINO ACID; CALCIUM;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CESTODA; CHONDROMYCES; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 0035007324     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.2001.4605     Document Type: Article

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