Actin protein up-regulated upon infection and development of the filarial parasite, Wuchereria bancrofti (Spirurida: Onchocercidae), in the vector mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-302

  Agiesh Kumar, B ^a   Paily, K P ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Actin; Culex quinquefasciatus; ELISA; enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; first stage larvae; Haemolymph proteins; IgG; immunoglobulin G; Infection; L1; L2; L3; LC MS MS; liquid chromatography mass spectrometry mass spectrometry; mf; microfilariae; reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography; RP HPLC; SDS PAGE; second stage larvae; sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; TFA; third stage or infective stage larvae; trifluoro acetic acid; Up regulation; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ARTICLE; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULEX; DEFENSINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; MURAMIDASE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSFERRIN; UP-REGULATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ONCHOCERCIDAE; SPIRURIDA; TRIFLUORO; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 38649120526     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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