Trypanosoma brucei releases proteases extracellularly

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 577-

  Nwagwu, Mark ^a   Okenu, D M N ^a   Olusi, T A ^a   Molokwu, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; RAT; SHORT SURVEY; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 0023814414     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(88)90515-9     Document Type: Article

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