Galα1-4Galβ1-3GalNAc is the dominant epitope of Em2 antigen, the mucin-type glycoprotein from Echinococcus multilocularis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 795-805

  Yamano, Kimiaki ^a   Koizumi, Akihiko ^b   Takeda, Tadahiro ^b   Kiuchi, Fumiyuki ^b   Hada, Noriyasu ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EM2 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; MUCIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; TRISACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; GLYCOPROTEINS;

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 84865489579     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-2902-1     Document Type: Article

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