Tegumental expression of a novel type II receptor serine/threonine kinase (SmRK2) in Schistosoma mansoni

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-156

  Forrester, Sean G ^a   Warfel, Paul W ^a   Pearce, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; bone morphogenetic protein; Co Smad; common Smad; PCR; R Smad; receptor regulated Smad; S. mansoni receptor kinase 1; S. mansoni receptor kinase 2; S. mansoni Smad2; SmRK1; SmRK2; SmsSmad2; TGF ; transforming growth factor beta

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2; HELMINTH PROTEIN; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE RECEPTOR II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOP CODON; WORM TEGUMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

MAMMALIA; METAZOA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 2942620640     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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