Characterization of the cathepsin-like cysteine proteinases of Schistosoma mansoni

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1328-1334

  Dalton, John P ^a,b   Clough, Karen A ^a   Jones, Malcolm K ^c   Brindley, Paul J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DNA; HEMOGLOBIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE; GLYCOSYLATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0029880287     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.4.1328-1334.1996     Document Type: Article

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