Use of Schistosoma mansoni calreticulin, a highly immunogenic parasite antigen, in diagnosis of and vaccination against schistosomiasis

Ten sub-fragments (N-, P-, C-, NS-, NP-, NPC-, S-, SP-, SPC- and PC-domains) of recombinant S. mansoni calreticulin (SM-CRT), a highly immunogenic antigen, were expressed and purified. A cDNA library of adult S. mansoni was used as a template to amplify the coding sequences of these fragments which...

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Main Author: ElAswad, Bahaa El-Deen Wadea Ramadan
Other Authors: Schwaeble, Wilhelm
Published: University of Leicester 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.551899