Identification and location of albumin-like antigens in third-stage larva of W. bancrofti, in adult forms of Litomosoides chagasfilhoi and in the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Micron

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 666-674

  Silva, L F ^a,b   Brayner, F A S ^a,b   Santos, A C O ^c   Lanfredi, R M ^d   Peixoto, C A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Albumin like antigens; Immunocytochemistry; Nematodes; Western blot

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; GROWTH KINETICS; NUTRITION; PROTEINS;

ALBUMIN-LIKE ANTIGENS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEMATODES; WESTERN BLOT;

ANTIGENS;

ALBUMINOID; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FILARIOIDEA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FEMALE; FILARIOIDEA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; LITOMOSOIDES; LITOMOSOIDES CHAGASFILHOI; NEMATODA;

EID: 33745838933     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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