Molecular cloning and characterization of leucine aminopeptidase from Fasciola gigantica

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-291

  Changklungmoa, Narin ^a   Chaithirayanon, Kulathida ^a   Kueakhai, Pornanan ^a   Meemon, Krai ^a   Riengrojpitak, Suda ^a   Sobhon, Prasert ^a  

^a Mahidol University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cloning; Fasciola gigantica; Leucine aminopeptidase; Molecular characteristics; Tissue expression

Indexed keywords

BESTATIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOLYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CECUM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAP GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUCYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; LYMNAEA; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BOS; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA;

EID: 84862570557     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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