Comparison of biochemical and immunochemical properties of myosin II in taeniid parasites

Cell Biology International

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 598-602

  Cruz Rivera, M ^a   Reyes Torres, A ^a   Reynoso Ducoing, O ^a   Flisser, A ^a   Ambrosio, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

ATPase; Myosin II; Myosin isoforms; Myosin peptides; Taenia crassiceps; Taenia saginata; Taenia solium; Taenia taeniaeformis; Taeniids

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN II; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DILUTION; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; EVALUATION; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TAENIA; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MYOSIN TYPE II; MYOSINS; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TAENIA;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TAENIA; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS; TAENIIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 33746495513     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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