Preliminary molecular characterization of the human pathogen Angiostrongylus cantonensis

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages 97-

  He, Hualiang ^a,b,d   Cheng, Mei ^a,b   Yang, Xiao ^a,b   Meng, Jinxiu ^c   He, Ai ^a,b   Zheng, Xiaoying ^a,b   Li, Zhuoya ^a,b   Guo, Pengjuan ^a   Pan, Zhihua ^a   Zhan, Ximei ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^d ZHONGKAI UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CYSTATIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GLYCOLYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; LARVA; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; MUS;

EID: 70549097048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-10-97     Document Type: Article

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