Asparaginyl endopeptidase activity in adult schistosoma mansoni

Parasitology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 575-580

  Dalton, J P ^a,b   Hola Jamriska, L ^a   Brindley, P J ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

asparaginyl; endopeptidase; protease; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

LEGUMAIN; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0029617245     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000077052     Document Type: Article

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