Chitinase is stored and secreted from the inner body of microfilariae and has a role in exsheathment in the parasitic nematode Brugia malayi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-62

  Wu, Yang ^a   Preston, Gillian ^a   Bianco, Albert E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

kDa (kilodalton); L3 (infective third stage larva); MF (microfilariae); SDS PAGE (SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis)

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME RELEASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTESTINE; LARVA; MICROFILARIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHARYNX; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CHITINASE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON;

BRUGIA MALAYI; HEXAPODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 47949090084     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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