The FAR proteins of filarial nematodes: Secretion, glycosylation and lipid binding characteristics

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 161-170

  Garofalo, Antonio ^a   Kläger, Sabine L ^a   Rowlinson, Marie Claire ^a   Nirmalan, Niroshini ^b   Klion, Amy ^c   Allen, Judith E ^d   Kennedy, Malcolm W ^e   Bradley, Janette E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excretory secretory; Fatty acid binding protein; Filariae; Glycosylation; Nematode; Retinol binding protein

Indexed keywords

(DANSYLAMINO)UNDECANOIC ACID; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID AND RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; LIPID; OLEIC ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FILARIA; FLUORESCENCE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; LIGAND BINDING; LITOMOSOIDES; LOA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; WUCHERERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACIDS; FILARIOIDEA; GLYCOSYLATION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA; BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; LITOMOSOIDES; LOA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; WUCHERERIA;

EID: 0036069148     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00097-X     Document Type: Article

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