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Infective hookworm larvae ofAncylostoma caninum showed chemotaxis on agar plates in a dog serum gradient. This chemotactic behaviour remain unaltered using an ultrafiltrated serum fraction with a molecular weight less than 500. Gelfiltration of this ultrafiltrated fraction revealed a factor with a molecular weight of 480 causing chemotaxis. The chemotactic activity of the factor was destroyed after a pronase treatment. We conclude that the factor could be a polypeptide.
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Vetter, J.C.M., Vingerhoed, J., Schoeman, E. et al. Chemotactic attraction of infective hookworm larvae ofAncylostoma caninum by a dog serum factor. Z. Parasitenkd. 71, 539–543 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00928357
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