Chitinase genes expressed by infective larvae of the filarial nematodes, Acanthocheilonema viteae and Onchocerca volvulus

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-219

  Wu, Y ^a   Adam, R ^a   Williams, S A ^a   Bianco, A E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthocheilonema viteae; Chitinase; Gene sequence; Infective larvae; Onchocerca volvulus; Secretion

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIA; FLUOROGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; LARVA; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA VITEAE; ACARI; ANIMALIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; FILARIA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0029981630     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02529-4     Document Type: Article

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