X-ray structure of Na-ASP-2, a pathogenesis-related-1 protein from the nematode parasite, Necator americanus, and a vaccine antigen for human hookworm infection.
Asojo, O.A., Goud, G., Dhar, K., Loukas, A., Zhan, B., Deumic, V., Liu, S., Borgstahl, G.E., Hotez, P.J.(2005) J Mol Biol 346: 801-814
- PubMed: 15713464 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.12.023
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1U53 - PubMed Abstract: 
Human hookworm infection is a major cause of anemia and malnutrition of adults and children in the developing world. As part of on-going efforts to control hookworm infection, The Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative has identified candidate vaccine antigens from the infective L3 larval stages of the parasite, including a family of pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins known as the Ancylostoma-secreted proteins (ASPs) ...