Na-ctl-2, a cDNA encoding a C-type lectin expressed exclusively in adult Necator americanus hookworms

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-65

  Loukas, Alex ^a   Brown, Alan P ^b   Pritchard, David I ^b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C type lectin; cDNA; Ligand; Necator; Nematode

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LECTIN; LIGAND;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; LECTINS, C-TYPE; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NECATOR AMERICANUS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; NECATOR; NECATOR AMERICANUS;

EID: 0036463942     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10425170290019900     Document Type: Article

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