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Chitinase is stored and secreted from the inner body of microfilariae and has a role in exsheathment in the parasitic nematode Brugia malayi

Chitinase expression in microfilariae of the parasitic nematode Brugia malayi (B. malayi, Bm) is coincidental with the onset of their infectivity to mosquitoes. An antibody raised to Onchocerca volvulus (O. volvulus, Ov) infective-stage larval chitinase (Ov-CHI-1) was specifically reactive against B...

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Autores principales: Wu, Yang, Preston, Gillian, Bianco, Albert E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2577134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18611418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.06.007