| Literature DB >> 9226954 |
J P Dalton1, S R Day, A C Drew, P J Brindley.
Abstract
A novel method for the isolation of schistosome eggs and miracidia from livers of mice infected with Schistosoma japonicum or S. mansoni is described. The method employed collagenase B to degrade the interstitial matrix of mouse liver tissue, after which the schistosome eggs were separated from the liver cells by 2 single-step density centrifugations through Percoll. Using this procedure sufficient quantities of miracidia were obtained to generate a cDNA library. Southern blot analysis demonstrated that miracidia isolated by this method were free from contaminating host DNA.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9226954 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182097001091
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Parasitology ISSN: 0031-1820 Impact factor: 3.234