TSOL18/HP6-Tsol, an immunogenic Taenia solium oncospheral adhesion protein and potential protective antigen

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 921-926

  Parkhouse, R Michael E ^e   Bonay, Pedro ^b   González, Luis Miguel ^c   Ferrer, Elizabeth ^a,c   Gárate, Teresa ^c   Aguilar, Cruz M ^a   Cortez A, Milagros M ^a   Harrison, Leslie J S ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION PROTEIN HP6 TSOL; ADHESION PROTEIN TSOL18; ANTIGEN; ANTIGEN HP6 TSAG; ANTIGEN TSA18; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FIBRONECTIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CESTODE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CELL ADHESION; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

TAENIA; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 41549154685     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0853-8     Document Type: Article

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