Abstract：
:Surface labeling studies using two populations of Onchocerca gibsoni microfilariae revealed important differences in major radioiodinated proteins. Small numbers of microfilariae harvested from the skin of cattle or the uteri of adult worms from skin nodules were purified, radioiodinated, solubilized and the proteins analysed by two dimensional gel electrophoresis and autoradiography. As reported previously, uterine microfilariae showed a complex profile of radioiodinated proteins, none of which appeared to be bovine albumin or immunoglobulin. In contrast, application of the same techniques to skin microfilariae demonstrated only one major labeled protein complex of approximate Mr 67 000. This protein complex was immunoprecipitated with an antiserum to bovine serum albumin. Surprisingly, fluorescence techniques failed to show bovine serum albumin on the surface of living microfilariae. Although the evidence is circumstantial at present, acquisition of host albumin (perhaps oriented in a particular way) may be a means whereby skin microfilariae evade immune effector mechanisms and, when living, generally fail to elicit inflammatory reactions in the skin of the host.
journal_name
Mol Biochem Parasitoljournal_title
Molecular and biochemical parasitologyauthors
Forsyth KP,Copeman DB,Mitchell GFdoi
10.1016/0166-6851(84)90009-4subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1984-02-01 00:00:00pages
217-29issue
2eissn
0166-6851issn
1872-9428pii
0166-6851(84)90009-4journal_volume
10pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:Over the last years an expanding family of small RNAs (i.e. microRNAs, siRNAs and piRNAs) was recognized as key players in diverse forms of gene silencing and chromatin organization. Effectors functions of these small RNAs are achieved through ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes containing at their center an Argonaute/P...
journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Genetic diversity within and between tandemly arrayed copies of the Gp63 gene occurs in laboratory isolates of Leishmania spp., but the extent to which this represents natural genetic diversity has not been assessed. Here, the Gp63 locus is examined in 58 fresh isolates of L. peruviana, and clones derived from them, c...
journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0166-6851(95)00079-g
更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.06.004
更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:RAB proteins are small GTPases with vital roles in eukaryotic intracellular transport; orthologous RABs appear to fulfil similar functions in diverse organisms. Trypanosoma brucei spp., the causative organisms of Old World trypanosomiasis of humans and domestic animals, have extremely effective endocytic and exocytic ...
journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.molbiopara.2005.01.017
更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.08.002
更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0166-6851(92)90188-p
更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0166-6851(81)90051-7
更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Cloning by limit dilution of an isolate of Leishmania tropica (LRC-L137) that is infective for mice resulted in 7 stable clones, only one of which was infective in BALB/c mice. Three of the non-infective clones that were examined for survival in BALB/c macrophages in vitro seemed to be killed more readily, suggesting ...
journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0166-6851(83)90039-7
更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0166-6851(80)90050-x
更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0166-6851(88)90027-8
更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0166-6851(97)00225-9
更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0166-6851(92)90022-c
更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Recent advances in insect genetic engineering have opened up new possibilities in the genetic control of insect vectors of human diseases. We outline the current state of the sterile insect technique and show how the use of engineered dominant lethals can greatly increase the effectiveness of this approach. We conside...
journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0166-6851(02)00040-3
更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0166-6851(00)00371-6
更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0166-6851(88)90020-5
更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The effect of 9 monosaccharides which constitute cell surface carbohydrates on the infection of bovine embryonic skin and muscle (BESM) cells by Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes and Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites was assayed. Most of the monosaccharides tested stimulated the infection of BESM cells by T. gondii; none ...
journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0166-6851(82)90040-8
更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Entamoeba histolytica is a eukaryotic intestinal parasite of humans, and is endemic in developing countries. We have characterized the E. histolytica putative low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (LMW-PTP). The structure for this amebic tyrosine phosphatase was solved, showing the ligand-induced conformat...
journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.molbiopara.2014.01.003
更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The expressed sequence tag (EST) dataset of Toxoplasma gondii provides a wealth of information towards gene discovery. The complete cDNA and genomic sequence of EST tgc050 locus shows that it contains five copies of the conserved thrombospondin (TSP)-like motif present in a number of molecules with adhesive properties...
journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0166-6851(96)02796-x
更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.molbiopara.2017.02.002
更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.molbiopara.2005.08.011
更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0166-6851(88)90136-3
更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0166-6851(99)00057-2
更新日期：1999-05-25 00:00:00
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journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.molbiopara.2010.03.020
更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0166-6851(93)90172-t
更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Soon after infecting a mammalian host, cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni rapidly undergo a series of morphologic and biochemical adaptations associated with transformation to their next developmental stage, the schistosomulum. Few of these changes are associated with alterations in gene expression except for an apparen...
journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0166-6851(92)90070-z
更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0166-6851(97)00177-1
更新日期：1997-12-15 00:00:00
abstract：:The Plasmodium MSP-1 is a promising malaria vaccine candidate. However, the highly polymorphic nature of the MSP-1 gene (msp1) presents a potential obstacle for effective vaccine development. To investigate the evolutionary history of msp1 polymorphism in P. vivax, we construct phylogenetic trees of msp1 from P. vivax...
journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.07.002
更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The mature-parasite-infected erythrocyte surface antigen (MESA, also known as PfEMP-2 and pp300) of Plasmodium falciparum is a phosphoprotein of approx. 250-300 kDa that is exported from the parasite to the erythrocyte membrane skeleton where it binds to protein 4.1. Determination of the primary sequence of MESA revea...
journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0166-6851(92)90231-8
更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Cryptosporidium spp. are intracellular apicomplexan parasites that cause outbreaks of waterborne diarrheal disease worldwide. Previous studies had identified a Cryptosporidium parvum sporozoite antigen, CpMuc4, that appeared to be involved in attachment and invasion of the parasite into intestinal epithelial cells. Cp...
journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.molbiopara.2014.03.005
更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Helicases are ubiquitous essential enzymes which have significant role in the nucleic acid metabolism. Using in silico approaches in the recent past we have identified a number of helicases in the Plasmodium falciparum genome. In the present study we report purification and detailed characterization of a novel helicas...
journal_title：Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.molbiopara.2010.12.003
更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00
