Mapping of the N terminus of the Schistosoma mansoni tegumental antigen Sm15 to its predicted precursor protein

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 859-861

  Werkhäuser, Roberto P ^a   De Simone, Salvatore G ^b   Xavier, Edeneide ^a   Montenegro, Silvia M L ^a   Abath, Frederico G C ^a  

^a Av Moraes Rego S n Cd Univ P   (Brazil)

^b Depto Bioquim Biol Molec I   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mapping; Precursor protein; Purification; Schistosoma mansoni; Sm15; Tegumental antigen

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WORM TEGUMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPITOPE MAPPING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0343526451     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00069-2     Document Type: Article

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