Expression and characterization of glutathione peroxidase activity in the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4299-4306

  Mei, Haiping ^a   Thakur, Arvind ^a   Schwartz, Julie ^a   Lo Verde, Philip T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0029816278     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.10.4299-4306.1996     Document Type: Article

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