THE SHEATHS OF BRUGIA MICROFILARIAE - ISOLATION AND COMPOSITION

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作者
KLONISCH, T
BARDEHLE, G
LINDER, D
BOSCHEK, B
SCHOTT, HH
ZAHNER, H
STIRM, S
机构
[1] KLINIKUM GIESSEN,INST BIOCHEM,FRIEDRICHSTR 24,W-6300 GIESSEN,GERMANY
[2] INST MED VIROL,W-6300 GIESSEN,GERMANY
[3] INST PARASITOL,W-6300 GIESSEN,GERMANY
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PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH | 1991年 / 77卷 / 05期
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10.1007/BF00931643
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
Burgia malayi and B. pahangi microfilariae were isolated from the blood of infected Mastomys natalensis, and were exsheathed by freezing, thawing and agitation. Pure sheaths were obtained by a filtration procedure. The sheaths were found to contain about 95 mol% of amino acids, with proline, glutamic acid/glutamine, alanine, cysteine/cystine and glycine being the major components, and 5 mol% of carbohydrates, notably (N-acetyl)galactosamine, but no (N-acetyl)glucosamine.
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