Signal sequence analysis of protein sequences from the filarial nematode parasite Brugia malayi and the evolution of secreted proteins in parasites

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1321-1326

  Ying, Xijuan ^a   Chen, Xiaobin ^b   Wang, Yinan ^a   Fang, Wenzhen ^a   Luo, Damin ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS;

BRUGIA MALAYI; NEMATODA;

EID: 65349131478     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1331-2     Document Type: Article

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