Echinococcus granulosus: Oncosphere-specific transcription of genes encoding a host-protective antigen

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 183-186

  Chow, Conan ^a   Gauci, Charles G ^a   Cowman, Alan F ^b   Lightowlers, Marshall W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EG95 ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 2542423749     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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