Recombinant expression of the larval excretory-secretory antigen TES-120 of Toxocara canis in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris

Parasitology Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-176

  Fong, Mun Yik ^a   Lau, Yee Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASSAY; DOG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; PARASITISM; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; WORM INFECTION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; DOGS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LARVA; PICHIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PICHIA; PICHIA PASTORIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 0442298021     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-1020-5     Document Type: Article

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