Chemotactic attraction of infective hookworm larvae ofAncylostoma caninum by a dog serum factor

Autor: Vetter, J. C. M., Vingerhoed, J., Schoeman, E., Wauters, H. W.
Zdroj: Parasitology Research; July 1985, Vol. 71 Issue: 4 p539-543, 5p
Abstrakt: Infective hookworm larvae ofAncylostoma caninum showed chemotaxis on agar plates in a dog serum gradient. This chemotactic behaviour remain unaltered using an ultrafiltrated serum fraction with a molecular weight less than 500. Gelfiltration of this ultrafiltrated fraction revealed a factor with a molecular weight of 480 causing chemotaxis. The chemotactic activity of the factor was destroyed after a pronase treatment. We conclude that the factor could be a polypeptide.
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