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Gene cloning, expression, and localization of antigen 5 in the life cycle of Echinococcus granulosus.
Parasitology research - 1 Jun 2012
Li Yuzhe, Xu Hongxu, Chen Jiajia, Gan Wenjia, Wu Weihua, Wu Weiping, Hu Xuchu
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Antigen 5 (Ag5) has been identified as a dominant component of cyst fluid of Echinococcus granulosus and is considered as a member of serine proteases family, which in other helminth, plays an important role in the egg hatch and larva invasion. However, whether Ag5 is expressed and secreted in all life stages is unknown. In this study, according to the sequence in GenBank, we cloned and sequenced the open reading...
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