Interaction of a Wolbachia WSP-like protein with a nuclear-encoded protein of Brugia malayi

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1053-1061

  Melnikow, Elena ^a   Xu, Shulin ^b   Liu, Jing ^a   Li, Lin ^a   Oksov, Yelena ^a   Ghedin, Elodie ^c   Unnasch, Thomas R ^b   Lustigman, Sara ^a  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; Filariasis; Phage display panning; Symbiotic relationship; Wolbachia; Wolbachia surface protein

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOLBACHIA SURFACE PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; EMBRYO; ENDOSYMBIONT; IDENTIFICATION KEY; IMMUNOASSAY; MEMBRANE; MICROSCOPY; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PROTEIN; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIA; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BRUGIA MALAYI; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MICE; MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; WOLBACHIA;

BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 79961172789     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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