Expression of cancer-associated simple mucin-type O-glycosylated antigens in parasites

IUBMB Life

Volumn 59, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 269-273

  Osinaga, Eduardo ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Cancer; Helminth parasites; Mucins; O glycosylation; Sialyl Tn antigen; Tk antigen; Tn antigen; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CROSS REACTING ANTIGEN; GLYCAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MUCIN; MUCIN LIKE CARCINOMA ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; SERINE; SIALOGLYCOPROTEIN; TF ANTIGEN; THREONINE; TK ANTIGEN; TN ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; COLON CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GLYCOSYLATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOMA; MESOCESTOIDEA; MOUSE STRAIN; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STRONGYLOIDES; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TAENIA HYDATIGENA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERMES;

EID: 34248598026     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540601188553     Document Type: Conference Paper

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