Identification of an eosinophil chemotactic factor from anopheline mosquitoes as a chitinase family protein

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-363

  Owhashi, Makoto ^a   Harada, Masakazu ^b   Suguri, Setsuo ^b   Omae, Hiroshi ^c   Ishii, Akira ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d JISSEN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; EOSINOPHIL CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS, EOSINOPHIL; CHITINASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILS; MALARIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SALIVA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 38549143807     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0769-3     Document Type: Article

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