Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Biochemistry
The biochemistry, immunology and molecular biology of parasites and bacteria of medical-veterinary significance in Southern Africa - Research Output
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Birkholtz L, Wrenger C, Joubert F, Wells GA, Walter RD, Louw AI: 2004. Parasite-specific inserts in the bifunctional S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase/ornithine decarboxylase of Plasmodium falciparum modulate catalytic activities and domain interactions. Biochemical Journal, 377, pp 439-448.
Mans BJ, Venter JD, Coons LB, Louw AI, Neitz AWH: 2004. A reassessment of argasid tick salivary gland ultrastructure from an immuno-cytochemical perspective. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 33, pp 119-129.
Mans BJ, Neitz AWH: 2004. Adaptation of ticks to a blood feeding environment: Evolution from a functional perspective. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 34, pp 1-17.
Mans BJ, Neitz AWH: 2004. Exon-intron structure of outlier tick lipocalins indicate a monophyletic origin within the larger lipocalin family. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 34, pp 585-594.
Mans BJ, Neitz AWH: 2004. The mechanism of aIIbb3 antagonism by savignygrin and its implications for the evolution of anti-hemostatic strategies in soft ticks. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 34, pp 573-584.
Boschet C, Gissot M, Briquet S, Hamid Z, Claudel CMG, Vaquero C: 2004. Characterization of PfMyb1 transcription factor during erythrocytic development of 3D7 and F12 Plasmodium falciparum clones. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 138, pp 159-163.
Mans BJ, Gothe R, Neitz AWH: 2004. Biochemical perspectives on paralysis and other forms of toxicoses caused by ticks. Parasitology, 129, pp S1-S17.
Mans BJ, Neitz AWH: 2004. The sand tampan, Ornithodoros savignyi, as a model for tick-host interactions. South African Journal of Science, 100, pp 283-288.
Patents:
Verschoor JA, Siko DGR, van Wyngaardt S: 2004. A serodiagnostic method to detect antibodies to mycolic acid in tuberculosis patients as surrogate markers for infection.
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