Biochemical analysis, gene structure and localization of the 24 kDa glutathione S-transferase from Onchocerca volvulus

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-39

  Liebau, Eva ^a   Wildenburg, Gabriele ^a   Brophy, Peter M ^b   Walter, Rolf D ^a   Henkle Dührsen, Kimberly ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glutathione S transferase; Immunolocalization; Nematode; Onchocerca volvulus

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPODERRIS; MAMMALIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIUM NEAVEI;

EID: 0006995601     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02660-6     Document Type: Article

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