The kunitz domain protein BLI-5 plays a functionally conserved role in cuticle formation in a diverse range of nematodes

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Stepek, Gillian ^a   McCormack, Gillian ^a   Page, Antony P ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; Caenorhabditis elegans; Collagen; Cuticle; Haemonchus contortus

Indexed keywords

BLISTER 5 PROTEIN; COLLAGEN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; COLLAGEN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HAEMONCHUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERPINS;

BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 71549132727     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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