| Literature DB >> 18836746 |
Jiang Huang1, Yan Huang, Xuan Wu, Wuying Du, Xinbing Yu, Xuchu Hu.
Abstract
From the expression sequence tags (ESTs) of Taenia asiatica, an EST containing a putative open reading frame of 993 bp was identified as lactate dehydrogenase (TaLDH) homologue. Recombinant TaLDH (rTaLDH) was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21/DE3 and purified. rTaLDH had a specific LDH activity and could be recognized in serum from swine or patient infected with T. asiatica. TaLDH was immunolocalized on the tegument of T. asiatica adult and embryonic membrane of oncosphere. Our study suggested that TaLDH is a potential drug target and candidate antigen for immunodiagnosis and vaccine for taeniasis and viscero-cysticercosis caused by T. asiatica.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18836746 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1190-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Parasitol Res ISSN: 0932-0113 Impact factor: 2.289