Immunocharacterization of the mucin-type proteins from the intracellular stage of Trypanosoma cruzi

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 401-409

  Campo, Vanina A ^a   Buscaglia, Carlos A ^a,b   Di Noia, Javier M ^a,c   Frasch, Alberto Carlos C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amastigotes; Cross reactivity; Hypervariability; Mucins; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

MUCIN; PEPTIDE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMASTIGOTE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TANDEM REPEAT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCINS; PEPTIDES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 32244443575     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.07.008     Document Type: Article

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