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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
43
Citations
5623
World Ranking
956
National Ranking
98

Best Publications

  • Helminth secretions induce de novo T cell Foxp3 expression and regulatory function through the TGF-β pathway

    John R. Grainger;Katie A. Smith;James P. Hewitson;Henry J. McSorley

  • Digestive proteases of blood-feeding nematodes

    Angela L. Williamson;Paul J. Brindley;David P. Knox;Peter J. Hotez

  • The nature and prospects for gut membrane proteins as vaccine candidates for Haemonchus contortus and other ruminant trichostrongyloids.

    David P. Knox;Diane L. Redmond;George F. Newlands;Philip J. Skuce

  • RNA interference in parasitic helminths: current situation, potential pitfalls and future prospects.

    Peter Geldhof;Aline Visser;D Clark;G Saunders

  • Testing the efficacy of RNA interference in Haemonchus contortus.

    Peter Geldhof;Linda Murray;Annabelle Couthier;John S. Gilleard

  • Progress in the development of a recombinant vaccine for human hookworm disease: the Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative.

    Peter J Hotez;Bin Zhan;Jeffrey M Bethony;Alex Loukas

  • RNA interference in parasitic nematodes of animals: a reality check?

    David P. Knox;Peter Geldhof;Aline Visser;Collette Britton

  • Vaccination of calves against Ostertagia ostertagi with cysteine proteinase enriched protein fractions

    Peter Geldhof;Edwin Claerebout;D Knox;Isabel Vercauteren

  • Proteinases released by the parasitic larval stages of Ascaris suum, and their inhibition by antibody

    David P. Knox;Malcolm W. Kennedy

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of gut-derived cysteine proteinases associated with a host protective extract from Haemonchus contortus.

    P. J. Skuce;D. L. Redmond;S. Liddell;E. M. Stewart

  • Vaccination against gastrointestinal nematode parasites of ruminants using gut-expressed antigens

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  • Molecular cloning and characterisation of a putative aspartate proteinase associated with a gut membrane protein complex from adult Haemonchus contortus.

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  • Cloning and characterization of a microsomal aminopeptidase from the intestine of the nematode Haemonchus contortus.

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  • Factors affecting susceptibility to RNA interference in Haemonchus contortus and in vivo silencing of an H11 aminopeptidase gene.

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  • Development of vaccines against gastrointestinal nematodes

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  • Molecular cloning and characterisation of a developmentally regulated putative metallopeptidase present in a host protective extract of Haemonchus contortus

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  • Protection studies in sheep using affinity-purified and recombinant cysteine proteinases of adult Haemonchus contortus.

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  • Efficacy and specificity of RNA interference in larval life-stages of Ostertagia ostertagi.

    A. Visser;P. Geldhof;V. De Maere;D. P. Knox

  • The contribution of molecular biology to the development of vaccines against nematode and trematode parasites of domestic ruminants.

    David P Knox;Diane L Redmond;Philip J Skuce;George F.J Newlands

  • daf-7-related TGF-beta homologues from Trichostrongyloid nematodes show contrasting life-cycle expression patterns.

    Henry J McSorley;John R Grainger;Yvonne Harcus;Janice Murray

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