Isolation and characterization of the regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase from the filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-42

  Fischer, Peter ^a   Djoha, Sylvain ^a   Büttner, Dietrich W ^a   Zipfel, Peter F ^a,b  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Filariae; Nematodes; Onchocerca volvulus; Protein kinase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RABBIT ANTISERUM; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FEMALE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MALE; MAMMAL; MICROFILARIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NEMATODIASIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REDUCTION; SENSE ORGAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0037466499     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(03)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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