Molecular cloning and characterization of a C-type lectin from Ancylostoma ceylanicum: Evidence for a role in hookworm reproductive physiology

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-147

  Brown, Allison C ^a   Harrison, Lisa M ^a   Kapulkin, Wadim ^a   Jones, Brian F ^a   Sinha, Anindita ^a   Savage, Amy ^a   Villalon, Nicholas ^a   Cappello, Michael ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma ceylanicum; C type lectin; Hookworm; Nematode; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LECTIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN RACECTL 1; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOOKWORM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLUBILITY; SPERM; TESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33846003857     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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