CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY
ANNA UNIVERSITY
CHENNAI - 600 025, INDIA

FILARIAL GENOME PROJECT

Members:
Prof. Kunthala Jayaraman
Prof. P. Kaliraj
Dr. R. B. Narayanan
Dr. K. V. N. Rao
Dr.P. Ravi
R. S. Nathan
K. Kannan
 
 

Potential genes identified:
 

Genes	GenBank Accession
Brugia malayi SXP, a diagnostically important gene	H52879
Wuchereria bancrofti  SXP	AF098861
bmTCTP (Brugia malayi Translationally Controlled Tumor Protein)	H16496
bmHSP-70 (Brugia malayi Heat Shock Protein 70 homologue)	M68933
bmALT-1 (Brugia malayi Abundant larval Transcript-1)	Not submitted
wbALT-1 (Wuchereria bancrofti Abundant larval Transcript-1)	Not submitted
bmMIF-1 (Brugia malayi Macrophage Migration Inhibition Factor-1)	AF002699
bmHMG (Brugia malayi High Mobility Group Proteins)	U05269

Kindly contact  Dr. R. B. Narayanan  for more details.
 
 

RESEARCH IN FILARIASIS
Genome Mapping
Immunodiagnosis
IgG4 based antibody assay
Antigen assay
Accessory cell function
Immune response profile in filarial patients to nonparasitic vaccines
Immunoprophylaxis

For more details, kindly contact Prof. P. Kaliraj
 

FilGenNet, the Filarial Genome Network
an international initiative to coordinate genome research on the filarial nematode parasites of humans.
 

	What are filarial nematodes & what diseases do they cause?
	FGN Contacts & Coordination and OnchoNet
	Expressed Sequence Tags (EST) and Genome Survey Sequences (GSS)
	Genome Mapping
	Databases & Resources
	Gene Identification
	Other Nematode Sites

 

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Created on 23.04.1999.  Your mail comments and suggessions to K.Kannan