Recombinant galectins of male and female Haemonchus contortus do not hemagglutinate erythrocytes of their natural host

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 299-303

  Li, Chunhua ^a   Wei, Xiaofeng ^a   Xu, Lixin ^a   Li, Xiangrui ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Galectin; Haemonchus contortus; Hemagglutination; Sugar inhibition

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN; LACTOSE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SUGAR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP B; BLOOD GROUP O; CELL INCLUSION; CHICKEN; DOG; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GLUCOSE ASSAY; GOAT; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HEMAGGLUTINATION; MALE; NATURAL HOST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHICKENS; DOGS; ERYTHROCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GALECTINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GOATS; HAEMONCHUS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33847059181     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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