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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:

Korf J, Stoltz AC, Verschoor JA, de Baetselier P, Grooten J: 2005. The Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall component mycolic acid elicits pathogen-associated host innate immune responses. European Journal of Immunology, 35, pp 890-900.

Maritz-Olivier C, Louw AI, Neitz AWH: 2005. Similar mechanisms regulate protein exocytosis from the salivary glands of ixodid and argasid ticks. Journal of Insect Physiology, 51, pp 1390-1396.

Patents:

Verschoor JA, Siko DGR, van Wyngaardt S: 2005. A serodiagnostic method to detect antibodies to mycolic acid in tuberculosis patients as surrogate markers for infection. (PCT/IB2005/051548).

 

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