Characterisation of a fatty acid and retinol binding protein orthologue from the hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1561-1571

  Fairfax, Keke C ^a,b   Vermeire, Jon J ^a   Harrison, Lisa M ^a   Bungiro, Richard D ^c   Grant, Wayne ^b   Husain, Sohail Z ^b   Cappello, Michael ^a,b  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma; Fatty acid; Fatty acid binding protein; Hookworm; Nematode

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ACEFAR 1; RECOMBINANT ACEFAR 1; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMIA; DNA; FATTY ACID; HOMOLOGY; MALNUTRITION; NEMATODE; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN;

ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DRUG TARGETING; EX VIVO STUDY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAMSTER; IMMUNIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 70349776075     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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