Abstract
Schistosoma mansoni is a parasitic worm that lives in the blood vessels of its host. We mapped the S. mansoni tegumental outer-surface structure proteome by 1D SDS-PAGE and LC-MS/MS and an EST-database from the ongoing genome-sequencing project. We identified 740 proteins of which 43 were tegument-specific. Many of these proteins show no homology to any nonschistosomal protein, demonstrating that the schistosomal outer-surface comprises specific and unique proteins, likely to be critical for parasite survival.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 958-966 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Proteome Research |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2005 |
Keywords
- Host-parasite interaction
- Immune evasion
- Schistosomiasis