Characterization of the eg95 gene family in the G6 genotype of Echinococcus granulosus

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-121

  Alvarez Rojas, Cristian A ^a   Gauci, Charles G ^a   Nolan, Matthew J ^a   Harandi, Majid Fasihi ^b   Lightowlers, Marshall W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Echinococcus granulosus; eg95; Gene family; Genotype; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ECHINOCOCCUS VACCINE; GENOMIC DNA; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN EG95; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; EG95 GENE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CAMELS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENOTYPE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 84859606188     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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