Molecular cloning and characterization of a T24-like protein in Echinococcus multilocularis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-119

  Dang, Zhisheng ^a,b   Watanabe, Junichi ^c   Kajino, Kiichi ^a   Oku, Yuzaburo ^d   Matsumoto, Jun ^d   Yagi, Kinpei ^e   Kouguchi, Hirokazu ^e   Sugimoto, Chihiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

E24; Echinococcus multilocularis; Germinal layer; Immunolocalization; Metacestode; Tetraspanin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM; PROTEIN T24; RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TETRASPANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; GENE VECTOR; GERM LAYER; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, HELMINTH; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

EID: 68749087008     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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