Characterization of immunosuppressive surface coat proteins from Steinernema glaseri that selectively kill blood cells in susceptible hosts

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-169

  Li, Xinyi ^a   Cowles, E A ^b   Cowles, R S ^c   Gaugler, R ^d   Cox Foster, D L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IBM   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entomopathogenic nematodes; Hemocytes; Immune responses; Parasite; Steinernema glaseri; Surface coat proteins

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PEPTIDE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; BLOOD CELL; BRUGIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODE; EXOMALA ORIENTALIS; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LARVA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DATABASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEINERNEMA GLASERI; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WORM;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HEMOCYTES; LARVA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEMATODA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EXOMALA ORIENTALIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA GLASERI;

EID: 62249156189     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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