The proteases and pathogenicity of parasitic protozoa

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue , 1993, Pages 821-853

  McKerrow, James H ^a   Sun, Eugene ^b   Rosenthal, Philip J ^b   Bouvier, Jacques ^c  

^a Department of Biostatistics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

inhibitors; life cycle; parasites; pathogenesis; proteinase

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REVIEW;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0027428152     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.mi.47.100193.004133     Document Type: Review

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