A cDNA encoding Tc-MUC-5, a mucin from Toxocara canis larvae identified by expression screening

Acta Tropica

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 211-217

  Doedens, Andrew ^a   Loukas, Alex ^a   Maizels, Rick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excretory secretory; Glycoprotein; Mucin; Nematode; Toxocara

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; GLYCOPROTEIN TES 120; LYSINE; MUCIN; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PROTEIN TC MUC 1; PROTEIN TC MUC 4; PROTEIN TC MUC 5; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SCREENING; TOXOCARA CANIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; APOPROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARNIVORA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, HELMINTH; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LARVA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXOCARA CANIS;

CANIDAE; CANIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 0035933572     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(01)00137-1     Document Type: Article

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