Molecular cloning of an α-enolase from the human filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus that binds human plasminogen

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1627, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 111-120

  Jolodar, Abbas ^a   Fischer, Peter ^a   Bergmann, Simone ^b   Büttner, Dietrich W ^a   Hammerschmidt, Sven ^b   Brattig, Norbert W ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Filaria; IgG antibody; Onchocerca volvulus; Plasminogen binding; Enolase

Indexed keywords

ENOLASE; PLASMINOGEN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LARVA; MICROFILARIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILARIA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROKARYOTA; VECTORS; XENOX;

EID: 0037786554     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(03)00083-6     Document Type: Article

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