Boophilus microplus: Multiple proteolytic activities in the midgut

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-33

  Mendiola, J ^a   Alonso, M ^b   Marquetti, M C ^a   Finlay, C ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b National Center for Animal Health   (Cuba)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TICK;

EID: 0029966482     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0004     Document Type: Article

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