Molecular characterization of EmABP, an apolipoprotein A-I binding protein secreted by the Echinococcus multilocularis metacestode

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5564-5571

  Bernthaler, Peter ^a   Epping, Kerstin ^a   Schmitz, Gerd ^b   Deplazes, Peter ^c   Brehm, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; BINDING PROTEIN; EMABP; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRAIT; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LARVAL STAGE; LIPID TRANSPORT; METACESTODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; CARRIER PROTEINS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 72449174258     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00653-09     Document Type: Article

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