Amino acid sequence variations and 3D structure analysis of Ascaris suum antibacterial factor proteins

• Main Authors: Oyong, Glenn G., Mohammad, Ehsan Zangeneh
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2011
• Subjects: Nematodes; Antibacterial agents; Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/8594
• Institution: De La Salle University

A large number of invertebrates have recently been used as models in the study of innate immunity. Previous studies report that antibacterial property is exhibited in the pseudocoelom of the nematode Ascaris suum. The antibacterial activity was due to a heat-stable and trypish-sensitive protein desi...