An embryo-associated fatty acid-binding protein in the filarial nematode Brugia malayi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Michalski, Michelle L ^a,c   Monsey, John D ^b   Cistola, David P ^b   Weil, Gary J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugia; Development; Embryo; Fatty acid binding protein; Filariae; Lipid

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; OLEIC ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RETINOL; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG TARGETING; EMBRYO CELL; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; HOST; LYMPH VESSEL; MOSQUITO; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; REPRODUCTION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ASCARIS SUUM; BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037057062     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00081-6     Document Type: Article

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