The organization of a galectin gene from Teladorsagia circumcincta

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages

  Greenhalgh, Christopher J ^a   Loukas, Alex ^b   Newton, Susan E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

galactoside binding lectin; Galectin; Genomic organization; Nematode; Teladorsagia circumcincta

Indexed keywords

GALAPTIN; GALECTIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; GALECTIN 1; GENES, HELMINTH; HEMAGGLUTININS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 0344223286     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00075-4     Document Type: Article

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