Signal sequence analysis of expressed sequence tags from the nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensisand the evolution of secreted proteins in parasites

Genome Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Harcus, Yvonne M ^a   Parkinson, John ^a,c   Fernández, Cecilia ^a,d   Daub, Jennifer ^a   Selkirk, Murray E ^b   Blaxter, Mark L ^a   Maizels, Rick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Haemonchus Contortus; Mastocytosis; Migration Inhibitory Factor; Parasitic Nematode; Signal Peptide

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; SECRETION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANS SPLICING;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS; PARASITES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANS-SPLICING;

EID: 4444226920     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2004-5-6-r39     Document Type: Article

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