Schistosoma mansoni: The egg, biosynthesis of the shell and interaction with the host

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-13

  deWalick, Saskia ^a   Tielens, Aloysius G M ^a   van Hellemond, Jaap J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eggshell; Quinone tanning; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Vitelline cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ASPARTIC ACID; ENOLASE; FIBRONECTIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCAN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; LEVODOPA; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); PLASMINOGEN; PROTEIN P14; PROTEIN P18; PROTEIN P40; THIOREDOXIN PEROXIDASE; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG SHELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GRANULOMA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; P14 GENE; P48 GENE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN SECRETION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; OVUM; POLYSACCHARIDES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 84865563846     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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