The Schistosome Oesophageal Gland: Initiator of Blood Processing

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Li, Xiao Hong ^a,b   de Castro Borges, William ^c   Parker Manuel, Sophie ^b   Vance, Gillian M ^b   DeMarco, Ricardo ^d   Neves, Leandro X ^c   Evans, Gareth J O ^b   Wilson, R Alan ^b  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEG 4.1 PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BLOOD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS; VIDEO MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84880808597     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002337     Document Type: Article

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