Echinococcus multilocularis: Proteomic analysis of the protoscoleces by two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-167

  Wang, Yanhai ^a   Cheng, Zhe ^a   Lu, Xiaofeng ^a   Tang, Chongti ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Echinococcus multilocularis; Immunoproteomics; Mass spectrometry; Proteomics; Protoscolex; Two dimensional electrophoresis; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

CALRETICULIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PROTEIN 14 3 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MICE; PROTEOME; PROTEOMICS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

EID: 68949194539     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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