NEMATODE COLLAGEN GENES

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作者
KINGSTON, IB
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[1] Barry Kingston is at the Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, Tennis Court Road
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PARASITOLOGY TODAY | 1991年 / 7卷 / 01期
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10.1016/0169-4758(91)90077-2
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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
The collagen genes of nematodes encode proteins that have a diverse range of functions. Among their most abundant products are the cuticular collagens, which include about 80% of the proteins present in the nematode cuticle. The structures of these collagens have been found to be strikingly similar in the free-living and parasitic nematode species studied so far, and the genes that encode them appear to constitute a large multigene family whose expression is subject to developmental regulation. Collagen genes that may have a role in cell-cell interactions and collagen genes that correspond to the vertebrate type IV collagen genes have also been identified and studied in nematodes.
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