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SUBMITTER: James ER
PROVIDER: S-EPMC186164 | biostudies-other | 1994 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
James E R ER McLean D C DC Perler F F
Infection and immunity 19940201 2
Onchocerca volvulus, a human parasitic nematode, is the third leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. This study describes the molecular cloning of a novel superoxide dismutase (SOD) from the parasite. This putative O. volvulus extracellular SOD (OvEcSOD) is 628 nucleotides (nt) long, including a 22-nt 5' spliced leader (SL1) and a portion encoding an N-terminal hydrophobic 42-amino-acid signal peptide. The remainder of the cDNA shares 71% identity with an O. volvulus cytosolic SOD seq ...[more]