Developmentally regulated zinc metalloproteinases from third- and fourth-stage larvae of the ovine nematode Haemonchus contortus

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-202

  Gamble, H Ray ^a   Fetterer, Raymond H ^a   Mansfield, Linda S ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; ANIMALIA;

FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTIN; METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEEDING; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; SHEEP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AZO COMPOUNDS; CASEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; COLLAGEN; COLORING AGENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTINS; HAEMONCHUS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; INSULIN; LAMININ; LARVA; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SHEEP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZINC;

EID: 0030004621     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284145     Document Type: Article

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