Biochemistry nematodes

Mak, C.-H. and Ko, R.C. (1999) Characterization of endonuclease activity from excretory/secretory products of a parasitic nematode, TrichineUa spiralis. European foumal of Biochemistry 260, 477-481. 

It is obviously not possible to provide a comprehensive review of plant nematology in one chapter, and readers are directed to descriptions of the taxonomy (Nickle, 1991), morphology (Bird and Bird, 1991), physiology and biochemistry (Perry and Wright, 1998) and cell biology (Fenoll et al., 1997b) of plant-parasitic nematodes. Rather, examples will be provided from plant-parasitic nematodes that emphasize the catholic nature of nematode parasitism. Understanding how the host and parasite communicate,... 

Atkinson, H.J., Lilley, C.J., Urwin, P.E. and McPherson, M.J. (1998) Engineering resistance to plant-parasitic nematodes. In Perry, R.N. and Wright, D.J. (eds) The Physiology and Biochemistry of Free-Living and Plant-Parasitic Nematodes. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 381-413. 

Perry, R.N. and Wright, D.J. (1998) The Physiology and Biochemistry of Free-Living and Plant-Parasitic Nematodes. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, 438 pp. 

Madi, A., Punyiczki, M., DiRao, M., Piacentini, M. and Fesus, L. (1998) Biochemical characterization and localization of transglutaminase in wild-type and cell-death mutants of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. European Journal of Biochemistry 253, 583—590. 

Page, A.P., Landry, D., Wilson, G.G. and Carlow, C.K.S. (1995b) Molecular characterization of a cyclosporin A-insensitive cyclophilin from the parasitic nematode Brugia malayi. Biochemistry 34, 11545-11550. 

Singh, R.N. and Mehta, K. (1994) Purification and characterization of a novel transglutaminase from filarial nematode Brugia malayi. European Journal of Biochemistry 225, 625—634. 

Arpagaus, M., Richier, P., Berge, J.-B. and Toutant, J.-P. (1992) Acetylcholinesterases of the nematode Steinemema carpocapsae. Characterization of two types of amphiphilic forms differing in their mode of membrane association. European Journal of Biochemistry 207, 1101-1108. 

Hussein, A.S., Smith, A.M., Chacon, M.R. and Selkirk, M.E. (2000) A second non-neuronal secreted acetylcholinesterase from the parasitic nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis determinants of substrate specificity. European Journal of Biochemistry 267, 2276-2282. 

Chen, W., Huang, X., Komuniecki, P.R. and Komuniecki, R. (1998) Molecular cloning, functional expression, and characterization of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase from anaerobic muscle of the parasitic nematode Ascaris suum. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 353, 181-189. 

Huang, YJ., Walker, D., Chen, W., Klingbeil, M. and Komuniecki, R. (1998b) Expression of pyruvate dehydrogenase isoforms during the aerobic/anaerobic transition in the development of the parasitic nematode, Ascaris suum altered stoichiometry of phosphorylation/inactivation. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 352, 263-270. 

Harnett, W. and Parkhouse, R.M.E. (1995) Nature and function of parasite nematode surface and excretory-secretory antigens. In Sood, M.L. and Kapur, J. (eds) Perspectives in Nematode Physiology and Biochemistry. Narendra Publishing House, Delhi, pp. 207-242. 

Kennedy, M.W., Brass, A., McCruden, A.B., Price, N.C., Kelly, S.M. and Cooper, A. (1995b) The ABA-1 allergen of the parasitic nematode Ascaris suum fatty acid and retinoid binding function and structural characterization. Biochemistry 34, 6700-6710. 

Smart, D.S., Shaw, C., Johnston, C.F., Halton, D.W., Fairweather, I. and Buchanan, K.D. (1992a) Chromatographic and immunological characterisation of immunoreactivity towards pancreatic polypeptide and neuropeptide Y in the nematode Ascaris suum. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 102C, 477—481. 

Gasser, R.B. (2001) Identification of parasitic nematodes and study of genetic variability using PCR approaches. In Kennedy, M. and Harnett, W. (eds) Parasitic Nematodes Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Immunology. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 53-82. 

L-Leucyl-/ -naphthylamidases of the cestode Moniezia expansa, and the nematode Ascaris suum. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 60B 63-6. 

Smart, D. (1989) What are the functions of the catecholamines and 5-hydroxytryptamine in parasitic nematodes In Comparative Biochemistry of Parasitic Helminths (eds Bennet, E. M., Behm, C. and Bryant, C.) Chapman and Hall, London, pp. 25-34. 

Martzen, M. R., McMullen, B. A., Smith, N. E., Fujikawa, K. and Peanasky, R. J. (1990) Primary structure of the major pepsin inhibitor from the intestinal parasitic nematode Ascaris suum. Biochemistry 29 7366-7372. 

Hussey, R.S. Grundler, F.M. W. In The Physiology and Biochemistry of Free-living and Plant-parasitic Nematodes-, Perry, R.N. Wright, DJ., Eds. CABI International Wallingford, 1998 pp. 213-243. 

The symposium from which this book was developed was designed to review and present current research on the biosynthesis and metabolism of lipids in plants together with the chemistry and biochemistry of lipid interactions however, some presentations reported input from disciplines other than chemistry. This 22-chapter volume presents a loose classification of the papers presented at the symposium into four sections (1) Introduction, (2) Plant Lipid Metabolism and Plant-Plant Interactions, (3) Plant-Insect and Plant-Nematode Interactions, and (4) Plant-Microbial Interactions. 

The present difficulty in routine culture of parasitic nematodes through their entire life cycles away from their plant or animal hosts has severely hindered investigations of their biochemistry and physiolo. Consequently, most studies of sterol nutrition and metabolism in nematodes have necessarily involved the... 

Persmark, L., Banck, A. and Jansson, H. (1995) Population dynamics of nematophagous fungi and nematodes in an arable soil vertical and seasonal fluctuations. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 28, 1005-1014. 

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